Quotes About Humility

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world.

I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.

The man who thinks he can live without others is mistaken; the one who thinks others can't live without him is even more deluded.

no matter how great you pretend to be, It is not as great as you truly are

The beauty of the God girl is that she isn't about "me" all the time.

Obstinate silence implies either a mean opinion of ourselves, or a contempt for our company; and it is the more provoking, as others do not know to which of these causes to attribute it?whether humility or pride.

True modesty and true pride are much the same thing. Both consist in setting a just value on ourselves?neither more nor less.

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

There is no end to one's faults. To think of them makes one humble.

Those who have a desire to teach while coming to learn should not pose as disciples; they must come as teachers.

A life spent working and living in a small town with people I may disagree with has taught me a lot about humility and forgiveness. And when to keep my mouth shut. Some lessons have been more painful than others, but my days and my life are richer because of them.

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

To my students, I say this: one day each of you will be confronted by a decision that requires you to put the needs of the land above your own need to be right. Until you can accept that humiliation, you cannot be a Truthken.

There is a price for forgetting and remembering. Forgetting as a form of escape deprives us of what the Five Gifts can offer––humility, patience, empathy, forgiveness, and growth.

We need to find the humility to admit that we are indeed powerless and helpless so we can take the first steps in finding ways to heal. – Dr. Thomas Demaria

Humility helps us come to terms with what we cannot know. Patience takes the edge off when the hurt continues. Empathy is the gift that connects us with others. Forgiving ourselves for having such perfectly human reactions is harder than forgiving whatever caused them.

Humility—the first gift—can help us surrender to an event outside our control, one we couldn't prevent and was not our fault

The humblest star twinkles most in the darkest night.

Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety; regular, yet not formal; mild, yet not timid; firm, yet not tyrannical--is made to pass the ordeal of honor, friendship, virtue.

Humility with energy is often mistaken for pride.

I am waiting for the meek to be blessed and inherit the earth... without taxes

A library is not to be read completely, but to be consulted. Here there are books which are around just in case. I have read all my life, but there are many things about which I know nothing. What's important is not to have everything in one's head but to know where to find it. The difference between someone who's vain and someone who's wise is that the vain man only appreciates what he already knows, and the wise man searches for what he doesn't yet know.

You can look at her and see how beautiful she is. That's obvious. But that's attraction, not love. She has amazing depth and humility. At the same time she can make me laugh. When I'm with her, the world is better than I thought it could be.