Quotes About Humility

Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.

Ornaments were invented by modesty.

IV-40. Pride and ambition caused me to go against God. But why? He's the one who gave me my glory. He was kind to me. And he didn't ask much in return. IV-46. What was so hard about giving him the praise and thanks that he deserved? IV-48. But all his goodness only made me bad. IV-49. I was in a high position, but it just made me want to be higher. IV-52. I got sick of always saying thank you.

Humility was a virtue that the Lakota of old expected their leaders to possess. A quiet, humble person, we believed, was aware of other people and other things. An arrogant, boastful man was only aware of himself. Interestingly, our methods of selecting leaders today seem to favor the arrogant and boastful.

A humble person rarely stumbles, the old ones say, because such a person walks with face toward the Earth and can see the path ahead. On the other hand, the arrogant man who walks with his head high to bask in the glory of the moment will stumble often because he is more concerned with the moment than what lays ahead.

Don't spit into heaven... Don't tell the gods your plans; they'll only laugh.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

Vede, caro amico, la natura non è mai tanto benigna come quando ci regala un piccolo difetto. Se fossi venuto al mondo senza imperfezioni, probabilmente non avrei imparato niente.

I have committed grave sins, and the Lord has closed his eyes. I have called him an izpravnik. He has covered his ears. He is so great that our badness becomes small.

Only the small things in life are important

Let's not ask for the stars as well.

But he can't even cure his own cold!

To truly be a medicine cat lies in a cat's heart, and all its five senses. You must be braver than warriors, wiser than a Clan leader, humbler than the tiniest kit, more willing to learn than any apprentice. . . .

Thank you, Mistyfoot," he meowed. "I won't forget this. And if ever I can do anything for you—" "Just go!" Mistyfoot hissed. As Fireheart slipped past her toward the gap in the bushes, she added with a purr of amusement, "And don't forget the fox dung.

There's nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility is being superior to your former self.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

la crucifixión (amarrado a la cruz) y una vez, estando en la cruz, se le cayó a Jesús el trapo que lo cubría y quedó desnudo en pelota

What you do [to provide better aid is] you shut up. You never arrive in a community with any ideas.

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

I write from the worm's-eye point of view.

Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.

Covenantally binding ourselves (behaving!) includes commitment to the as-yet undiscovered reality, love, patience, humility, listening beyond our previously conceived categories, personal openness, and embracing with hope the half-understood promise of the real, to the end of communion and . . . friendship. All knowing is, at least paradigmatically, knowing whom.

Experience has taught me that there are some situations in which it's better to keep quiet. That is, I tried to keep quiet. Life gives me good advice, but sometimes I refuse to take it.

If you can channel the best part of you that is bigger than yourself, where it's not about your ego and not about getting ahead, then you can have fun and you aren't jealous of others. You see other people's talent as another branch of your own. You can keep it rooted in joy. Life is long and there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. The point of it all is to learn.