Quotes About Humility

In this dedication of a Nation we humbly ask the blessing of God. May he protect each and every one of us. May He guide me in the days to come.

I feel my soul as vast as the world, truly a soul as deep as the deepest of rivers; my chest has the power to expand to infinity. I was made to give and they prescribe for me the humility of the cripple.

Do not cast your pearls before swine.

God's love is earned by a man through being a scholar and at the same time behaving as inconspicuously and modestly as if he were an ignoramus.

Saying, I do not know,' constitutes one half of knowledge" is both a Prophetical tradition and a saying found in Graeco-Arabic wisdom literature. The phrase most widely recommended for use was lâ adrî "I do not know." Aristotle was described as saying that he was so fond of using it that he used it also in cases where he possessed the required knowledge.

When Jesus was hailed with the words, "Blessed be the womb that bore you," he retorted, "Blessed be the one whom God taught His Book and who did not be(come) a tyrant.

A man remains knowing as long as he searches for knowledge and continues to study. When he thinks he knows, he has become ignorant.

Among the four things a noble person need not be ashamed of is serving a scholar in order to learn from him. Ata- b. Musab's remoteness from and indifference to the Barmecides made him popular with them, although others possessed more adab than he did.

He cites Ibn as-Sîd al-Batalyawsî (d. 521/1127) to the effect that the higher the station is which a person reaches in the world, the less is his knowledge (- ulûm), and whenever he gives up his high station in life, his knowledge widens.

The Messiah (Jesus) says: "God shows the greatest hatred for a scholar who loves to be remembered when being abroad, who is given much room in gatherings, who is (often) invited for dinner, and who has bags of provisions poured out for him. In truth, I say to you, Those have taken their wages in this world, and God will double their punishment on the Day of Resurrection.' " Strange as this may seem at - first glance, the passage may reflect Mark 12:38 f. (Luke 20:46)

humility in the face of the unattainable, as well as unease in the face of achievement, are both prerequisites for any mastery in life.

During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk.

don't sit on your patio in the high noon of your tranquility and make light of the huts that people build in the midnight of their desperation.

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

Be nice to everyone on your way to the top because you pass them all on the way down.

Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.

A young apprentice applied to a master carpenter for a job. The older man asked him, "Do you know your trade?" "Yes, sir!" the young man replied proudly. "Have you ever made a mistake?" the older man inquired. "No, sir!" the young man answered, feeling certain he would get the job. "Then there's no way I'm going to hire you," said the master carpenter, "because when you make one, you won't know how to fix it.

I wonder if we might pledge ourselves to remember what life is really all about—not to be afraid that we're less flashy than the next, not to worry that our influence is not that of a tornado, but rather that of a grain of sand in an oyster! Do we have that kind of patience?

I know that when I walk out of the studio someday and there is a child who has Downs Syndrome, for instance, and that child comes up and gives me a hug, I know that that's the field I want to be growing in. Because I see that people who are not the fancy people of this world are the ones who seem to nourish my soul. And I want to learn how to be the best receiver that I can ever be. Because I think graceful receiving is one of the most wonderful gifts we can give anybody.

how can I say how grateful I am for what I've been able to do and be. How can I ever express my gratitude enough?

Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we aren't perfect.

Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.

Pray, pray very much but beware of telling God what you want.