Quotes About Humility

My own ignorance shames me.

Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us.

Why doesn't the fellow who says, "I'm no speechmaker," let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?

If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.

If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.

Only a fool would be fighting them, my queen, and though I am a fool, I'm not that foolish. (Lutian)

the Himalayas rose layer upon layer until those gleaming peaks proved a man to be so small that it made sense to give it all up, empty it all out.

The ability to admit that you do not know is the surest indication of your enduring strength

The Prime Directive exists to remind us that we are not gods. We don't get to reorganize every world, every civilization, every existence out here in our own image,

You will learn no more once you have decided you know

If by now you're a little confused, don't be too hard on yourself. Life is confusing, and anyone who claims that she has all the answers has probably uncovered the wrong ones.

never brag about your expertise. Instead, wait for the opportunity to showcase your skills and watch all the jaws drop.

No man stands so straight as when he stoops to help a boy.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

Keep it, keep it!" I answered. "You are very welcome to it! It is only a couple of small things, doesn't amount to anything—about everything I own in the world.

All the time I pray to Buddha I keep on killing mosquitoes.

Look, don't kill that fly! It is making a prayer to you By rubbing its hands and feet

Isn't the act of calling everyone a fool left and right the indication of a true fool?

Tanpa disadari, saking semangatnya meminta, kita terkesan mengajari atau mendikte Tuhan. Menurut sebuah hadis, Tuhan akan marah pada hamba-Nya yang sombong, tidak pernah berdoa. Namun, Tuhan juga marah jika melihat hamba-Nya banyak berdoa, tanpa bekerja. Ora et labora.

And walk not proudly on the earth verily thou shalt never cleave the earth, nor reach to the mountains in height

James 4:6: "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

fundamentalism' and 'liberalism' and terrorism.' These labels only tell us partial truths. We must use them humbly, guardedly, Niebuhr would say, aware of the limitations of our own vision and of our own capacity for misunderstanding and self-deception.

Our charge is not to 'save the world' after all," (activist Courtney Martin)'s written. "It is to live in it, flawed and fierce, loving and humble.

we will continue to despise people until we have recognized, loved, and accepted what is despicable in ourselves.