Quotes About Humility

The three jewels of the Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Balthasar said compassion leads to courage, moderation leads to generosity, and humility leads to leadership.

Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.' Eragon said. Why, little one, you just said something wise!'Saphira teased.

That was a heroic deed." Embarrassed, Eragon scuffed his boots against the ground. "I wouldn't have survived if not for Arya." "You are too modest, Argetlam," she admonished. "It was you who struck the final blow.

False modesty is never admirable, and least of all among those who command others.

He welcomed those limitations, for if he were perfect, what would be left for him to accomplish?

Hemos de ceder a nuestros impulsos de herir o matar a cualquiera que nos moleste, de tomar cuanto queremos de quienes son más débiles y, en general, de despreciar los sentimientos de los demás? Somos imperfectos por nacimiento y debemos vigilar nuestros defectos para que no nos destruyan.

Nunca peques de exceso de confianza, Eragon. Nunca te vuelvas arrogante, porque en ese momento te descuidarás y tus enemigos se aprovecharán de tu debilidad.

La falsa modestia no es una virtud, en ningún caso, y mucho menos en los que tienen a otros a su cargo. Nasuada

FaÅ'szywa skromno?? rzadko bywa zaletÄ…, zwÅ'aszcza wÅ›ród tych, którzy kierujÄ… innymi.

In short, if one is entitled to everything, then one is thankful for nothing.

Humility, rather than involving the presence of certain thoughts or behaviors, might better be construed as the absence of narcissism, self-enhancement, or defensiveness.

We classify the positive traits that protect us from excess as strengths of temperance. What are the types of excess of special concern? Hatred—against which forgiveness and mercy protect us. Arrogance—against which humility and modesty protect us. Short-term pleasure with long-term costs—against which prudence protects us. And destabilizing emotional extremes of all sorts—against which self-regulation protects us.

He sniffed, and said as others had before him and others no doubt would again, I have learned never to say, 'Never again.

Approaching everyone you encounter as though they have something valuable to teach you—something that you will benefit from—is the best way to remain flexible, open-minded, and much less stressed.

However, little by little, I am coming to the view that what I mistook for humility was, in fact, an accurate evaluation of your worth.

Bad has a big mouth, that's why it gets all the attention. But don't be fooled, he told them. Good doesn't need to brag. Good knows it's stronger.

Mr. Lincoln gained influence over men by making them feel that it was a pleasure to serve him. He preferred yielding his own wish to gratify others, rather than to insist upon having his own way. It distressed him to disappoint others. In matters of public duty, however, he had what he wished, but in the least offensive way.

A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of adultery is for laymen and the yearning for riches is for secular ecclesiastics, the seduction of knowledge is for monks.

All the world's follies," he replied, "turn up in publishing houses sooner or later. But the world's follies may also contain flashes of the wisdom of the Most High, so the wise man observes folly with humility." Then

Querido muchacho —dijo—, este que aquí ves es un pobre franciscano, que con sus modestos conocimientos y el poco de habilidad que debe a la infinita potencia del Señor ha logrado descifrar en pocas horas una escritura secreta cuyo autor estaba convencido de ser el único capaz de descifrar...¿Y tú, miserable bribón, eres tan ignorante como para atreverte a decir que estamos igual que al principio?

Ya siz?' dedim çocukça bir küstahl?kla. 'Hiç yanl?? yapmaz m?s?n?z?' 'S?k s?k,' diye yan?tlad?. 'Ama yaln?zca bir yanl??tansa, birçok yanl?? tasarl?yorum, böylece de hiçbir yanl???n tutsa?? olmuyorum.

El secreto de mi éxito es que de joven descubrí que no era Dios».

Es muy importante entender que no se es Dios, dudar siempre de los propios actos, y considerar que no se han empleado bastante bien los años vividos. Es la única forma para intentar emplear mejor los que quedan.

I'd never understood whether the vogue for apologising is a sign of humility of impudence: you do something you shouldn't have done, then you apologise and wash your hands of it.