Quotes About Humility

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.

tevazu, utangaçl?k ile utanmazl?k aras?nda durur

Your ego is not your amigo.

But how can anyone put a bridle on man's vanity and arrogance? But how can Purity walk the earth without covering her feet with mud?

The bishop escorted Francis a short distance out into the courtyard. Bending over, he said to him in a hushed voice, careful Francis. You're overdoing it. That's how one finds God, Bishop. Francis answered. The bishop shook his head. Even virtue needs moderation; otherwise it can become arrogance. Man stands within the bounds of moderation; God stands outside them. I am heading for God, Bishop. said Francis, and he proceeded hastily towards the street door. He had no time to lose.

Fin'c? trebuie s? È™tii, st?pâne, c? Dumnezeu este un domn; asta va s? zic? nobleÈ›ea: s? ierÈ›i!

The Lord preserve us from sainthood

Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.

What's the point of being better than someone else?

The more you learn, the more you realize the less you know. You think you're approaching some kind of horizon, but in fact the horizon is receding, and the more you learn, the more you see that horizon is very far away

The more you learn, the more you realize the less you know. You think you're approaching some kind of horizon, but in fact the horizon is receding, and the more you learn, the more you see that horizon is very far away. Life would be pretty boring if we understood everything so better that we don't understand everything

Is what you think interesting enough to make the reader care? Are you saying something that no one has said? Above all, do you understand that you are not as important as what you're covering?

Why don't you put your ego down for a while, Justin. It must be getting heavy.

When you swallow that pride, Eve, take care you don't choke on it.

Welcome to my dungeon. It's not much, Linc said as he cleaned off a chair for her. But… it's not much. He dumped the files and books on the floor. The nice thing about starting at the bottom is, you can't get any lower. If I'm a good boy, I'll get my own stapler

When you try to make somebody feel stupid when they ask a question, you're the stupid one.

You'd better watch out for gopher holes, Tory. That's a very high horse you are standing on.

For a scientist, this is a good way to live and die, maybe the ideal way for any of us - excitedly finding we were wrong and excitedly waiting for tomorrow to come so we can start over.

When others, out of Jealousy, Mistreat me with abuse, slander, and so on, I will practice accepting defeat And offering the victory to them.

We serve the world as one beggar telling other beggars where we found bread.

There is not, in a material sense, any benefit to being right about a future you will not experience. But there are intrinsic benefits to constantly probing the possibility that our assumptions about the future might be wrong: humility and wonder.

But when you're naturally better than everyone else, and when that talent is so utterly obvious, being quiet doesn't translate as humble. It translates as boredom.

I would never directly contradict anything Neil deGrasse Tyson says, because—compared to Neil deGrasse Tyson—my skull is a bag of hammers.

Jesus was born of a woman so you and I could be born of God. He humbled Himself so that we could be lifted up. He became a servant so that we could be made joint heirs with Him. He suffered rejection so that we could become His friends. He denied Himself so that we could freely receive all things. He gave Himself so that He could bless us in every way. Wow. Our Own Paradox The real issues aren't the quarks that hold together our physical bodies.