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Quotes About Humility

Do you ever lose the ego?" Westford asks me. "Yeah." When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window.
~ Simone Elkeles
In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
~ Simone Weil
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
~ Simone Weil
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
~ Simone Weil
La dignità si deve mantenere, sempre, ma l'orgoglio porta male.
~ Simonetta Agnello Hornby
Here are wonders upon wonders: the Strong One is weak; the Infinite One lies in a manger; the Prince of Life dies; the Crucified One lives; the Humiliated One is glorified. Meekness and majesty, indeed! Behold, then, your newborn King! Come and worship Him!
~ Sinclair B. Ferguson
"I come from a world where we celebrate small things in a big way and this keeps us humble." -sm-
~ sindiswa matyobeni
Remember humility on your way up
~ sindiswa matyobeni
Next to the humble man, we find wisdom.
~ Sipho P Nkosi
Our pride will lead us to perish, but our politeness keeps us alive.
~ Sipho P Nkosi
We invite happiness into our lives by humbling ourselves.
~ Sipho P Nkosi
The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.
~ Sir George Savile
To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age
~ Sir Isaac Newton
Your heart is as fresh as your face; and that is well. The useless men are those who never change with the years. Many views that I held to in my youth and long afterwards are a pain to me now, and I am carrying away from Thrums memories of errors into which I fell at every stage of my ministry. When you are older you will know that life is a long lesson in humility.
~ Sir James Matthew Barrie
I'm not young enough to know everything.
~ Sir James Matthew Barrie
Ich weiss, dass ich nichts weiss, und kaum das.
~ Sir Karl Raimund Popper
O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.
~ Sir Robert Baden-Powell
No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another.
~ Sir Thomas Browne
There but for the grace of God goes God.
~ sir winston churchill
The language of love is the language of humility or humbleness.
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
~ Louisa May Alcott
I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do.
~ Mary Lou Retton
Power is most safe with those who are not in love with it!
~ Neal A. Maxwell
It's okay to love something bigger than yourself without fearing it. Anything worth loving is bigger than we are anyway.
~ Percival Everett