Quotes About Humility

First," he said dispassionately, "hold your tongue. Don't argue with a man, especially when you know you can beat him. Smile a lot. Make him feel big. Tell him how wonderful he is, and wait on him.

Jesus Christ never went around grumbling and complaining

People in their right minds never take pride in their talents,' said Miss Maudie.

I mean it takes a certain kind of maturity to live in the South these days. You don't have it yet, but you have a shadow of the beginnings of it. You haven't the humbleness of mind—" "I thought fear of the Lord was the beginning of wisdom." "It's the same thing. Humility.

The handful of people in this town who say that fair play is not marked White Only; the handful of people who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just us; the handful of people with enough humility to think, when they look at a Negro, there but for the Lord's kindness am I.

Chi ha una mente saggia non si inorgoglisce delle proprie doti

As pessoas que estão no seu perfeito juízo nunca se orgulham dos seus talentos.

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike—in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk

Non è necessario sfoggiare bravura, non è signorile; e poi alla gente non piace vedersi attorno persone che ne sanno più di loro: li irrita. Non riuscirai mai a cambiare le persone limitandoti a parlare bene, bisogna che siano loro a desiderare di imparare; se non lo desiderano, non puoi far niente: non ti resta che tenere la bocca chiusa o parlare come loro.

She rubbed salt into it: I'm thoughtless, all right. Selfish, self-willed, I eat too much, and I feel like the Book of Common Prayer. Lord forgive me for not doing what I should have done and for doing what I shouldn't have done—oh hell.

Tidak selalu perlu menunjukkan semua yang kita ketahui. Itu bukan sikap perempuan terhormat. Kedua, orang tak suka kalau ada orang lain yang lebih tahu dari mereka. Itu membuat mereka sebal.

Las personas sensatas no se enorgullecen de sus talentos.

Orang yang berakal sehat tak pernah berbangga dengan bakatnya. Miss Maudie

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Don't use "below-the-belt" tactics. These include: blam- ing, interpreting, diagnosing, labeling, analyzing, preaching, moralizing, ordering, warning, interrogating, ridiculing, and lecturing. Don't put the other person down.

There are many dragons in the world. They help us maintain our sense of wonder, mystery, and most important of all, our humility. Without dragons, human beings lose control of themselves. They grow wild, proud, and violent, and the most terrible things begin to seem logical and necessary.

Never embarrass a student in front of others. Embarrass yourself often to relieve the tension, but do not paint them into a corner.

I am seventy-five years old and I reached this venerable state by staying out of trouble, keeping my mouth shut and not volunteering, just like I learned in the Army.

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

There're many things we don't really know. It's an illusion that we know anything at all. If a group of aliens were to stop me and ask, "Say, bud, how many miles an hour does the earth spin at the equator?" I'd be in a fix. Hell, I don't even know why Wednesday follows Tuesday. I'd be an intergalactic joke

I don't want to overestimate myself. Basically I've been lucky. I'm simply a polite, lucky man. That might be the best way to think of it.

The world would be a real mess if everybody was a genius. Somebody's got to keep watch, take care of business.

We tend to overrate our individual contribution to groups, which, bluntly put, tends to lead to an overblown

The danger," he now understands, "is when you think you've got it all figured out.