Quotes About Humility

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you're not using?

Always try to be modest, and be proud of it!

If you seek honor and respect you will not find it, for a leader is powerless to elevate himself. It is only when you serve others without regard for self, will honor, respect and lasting success be found.

Herr domare, gör med mej vad ni vill! Giljotinera mej, utsätt mej för skärseldens gröna, röda och violetta plågor gör mej till hund – men förskona mej från en sak! Förvandla mej inte till domare! Bara inte domare.

Smite me now. I am not worthy of this company." "Ah, pride," said the angel. "You must learn to temper its excesses. I'll not smite you.

The most beautiful hara do not have to be cruel or mean or jealous. It is in them to be courteous and kind. Why be otherwise when the world has been so kind to them?

Let your voice be soft, oh snarling one. Be kind to us.

I am not so proud as to think I'm capable of solving the world's problems on my own, whatever your opinion.

He looked tired and stooped and Daniel thought with some discomfort that all he lacked was a crown of thorns.

Daniel, pour your light into me. Make me feel, bring the faith. Heal me. Be one with me. Banish my eternal void. Give me your wisdom, as you always have. I will listen with humility. Take from me the burden of salvation. Still for me the endless procession of spinning stars and unfold for me the path of my destiny, but please walk with me along the way.

I cannot own the sky.

For what I have received, my the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

As long as you can say I'm better than they are, then there's somebody below you can kick. But once you get over that, you see that you're not any better off than they are. In fact, you're worse off 'cause you're believin' a lie.

Their impoverished condition somehow made them very real people. It's hard to be phony when you haven't got anything.

Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet of hope in this age of pessimism and disillusionment. He is a promise of sanity in the madness induced by our world's heedless drinking at the fount of war.

I like pulling on a baggy bee suit, forgetting myself and getting as close to the bees' lives as they will let me, remembering in the process that there is more to life than the merely human.

The only time I ever believed that I knew all there was to know about beekeeping was the first year I was keeping them. Every year since I've known less and less and have accepted the humbling truth that bees know more about making honey than I do.

We humans are a minority of giants stumbling around in the world of little things.

Flora) "No, Jess- it'll take hours. Just go and see Mr. Powell and fess up. It's the only way. Crawl and grovel and offer to do all sorts of remedial thingies. That's what I do with my dad. And do it with captivating feminine charm. That always works on Dad. I stroke his hair. It never fails." "I can't stroke Mr. Powell's hair, for God's sake!" A horrible hallucination flashed through Jess's mind.

However, if criticism and humility aren't balanced with appreciation for things we do well and our willingness to learn, we can become critical, judgmental, and stress-filled.

I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me.

Healing begins when we humble ourselves and go to one another asking for forgiveness.