Quotes About Humility

Puede muy bien suceder, que ni él ni yo sepamos nada de lo que es bello y de lo que es bueno; pero hay esta diferencia, que él cree saberlo aunque no sepa nada, y yo, no sabiendo nada, creo no saber. Me parece, pues, que en esto yo, aunque poco más, era más sabio, porque no creía saber lo que no sabía

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing

train in compassion is to know that all beings are the same and suffer in similar ways, to honor all those who suffer, and to know that you are neither separate from nor superior to anyone.

What most of us need, almost more than anything, is the courage and humility really to ask for help, from the depths of our hearts

If you are too clever, you could miss the point entirely.

And being a buddha is not being some omnipotent spiritual superman, but becoming at last a true human being.

Give all profit and gain to others, Take all loss and defeat on yourself.

If you desire to gaze out over wide vistas, you do well to climb up to a high spot. But if you wish to gaze into the human heart, you must climb down and look from a low place.

Scio me nihil scire" - I know that I know nothing

Don't give out cos u have alot, give out like u don't worth what u own

yea dost thou fall upon thy face? thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit!

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.

For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues.

Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.

Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Being brave in front of faith does not mean to be humble before death.

Do not be to yourself more that God may be to you.

Among the real heroines in the world who will come into the Church are women who are more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish. These real heroines have true humility, which places a higher value on integrity than on visibility. Remember, it is as wrong to do things just to be seen of women as it is to do things to be seen of men. Great women and men are always more anxious to serve than to have dominion.

If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth.

We must eliminate the individual tendency to selfishness that snares the soul, shrinks the heart, and darkens the mind.

those, who are believed to be most self—abased and humble, are generally in reality the most ambitious and envious

ceux que l'on croit être le plus pleins de mésestime d'eux-mêmes et d'humilité, sont généralement le plus pleins d'ambition et d'envie

When thou callest another a fool, as thou must, sometimes, yet do not forget that thou thyself hast been the supreme fool in humanity.