Quotes About Humility

Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.

I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue.

Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.

Learn to use yours ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am.

Better a beggar than a thief.

You know the words, but you are too proud to serve. A servant must be humble and obedient.

What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise!

When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you

Pride goes before a fall.

But peasant's pride is lordling's shame.

Perhaps he did not think himself worthy of the King's Tower, or perhaps he did not care. That was his mistake, the false humility of youth that is itself a sort of pride. It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings.

In the end a gentle heart may be worth more than pride or valor.

Thank the Good Master for his patient kindness," Dany said, "and tell him that I will think on all I learned here." She gave her arm to Arstan Whitebeard, to lead her back across the plaza to her litter. Aggo and Jhogo fell in to either side of them, walking with the bowlegged swagger all the horselords affected when forced to dismount and stride the earth like common mortals.

Sólo un tonto se humilla a sí mismo, habiendo tantos hombres en el mundo dispuestos a encargarse de esa tarea

A modest fellow, this one," the septon said to Ser Lucas. "Were I as large as him, I'd call myself Ser Sefton the Immense. Ser Sefton the Tower. Ser Sefton with the Clouds About His Ears.

My head is too large, although I prefer to think it is large enough for my mind.

Who ever heard of a king without ears? Why, his crown would fall straight down to his neck!

That was his mistake, the false humility of youth that is itself a sort of pride.

Learn to use your ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am.

Wise men may grow arrogant in their wisdom, but a maester must always remain humble.

Os maiores idiotas são por vezes mais espertos do que os homens que deles se riem

Snow still chose to dwell behind the armory, in a pair of modest rooms previously occupied by the Watch's late blacksmith. Perhaps he did not think himself worthy of the King's Tower, or perhaps he did not care. That was his mistake, the false humility of youth that is itself a sort of pride. It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings.

A todos nos hace falta que se burlen de nosotros de cuando en cuando, lord Mormont. De lo contrario, empezamos a tomarnos demasiado en serio. Tyrion Lannister

You know nothing, Jon Snow. I'm half a fish, I'll have you know.