Quotes About Humility

it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

All we can know is that we know nothing. And that's the height of human wisdom.

Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we think we can have something great - thoughts,, actions! They are all but grains of sand

There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness and truth are absent

I'll tell you truly: I value my thought and work terribly, but in essence - think about it - this whole world of ours is just a bit of mildew that grew over a tiny planet. And we think we can have something great - thoughts, deeds! They're all grains of sand

But to be the best, to reach the pinnacle, requires self-denial, sacrifice, discipline, humility, and preparation. You have to hurt yourself, scold yourself, analyze yourself, recognize your weaknesses at the same time you try to eliminate them.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing,'" I quoted. "Socrates." Mary Catherine said, "You were already proving your point. You didn't have to back it up with a quote.

Thank you, Pig Keeper, Phillip said, and placed a few gold coins in the boy's hand. The boy's eyes went wide as he felt the weight of the gold,even as he absently corrected his prince. Uh, Assistant Pig Keeper, actually.

I'm stupider than a LOT of people give me credit for!

Kesombongan dan kelemahan adalah kembar siam.

We all have faults, mine is being wicked.

It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.

We all have flaws, he said, and mine is being wicked.

We are first worshipers.  We should be able to go into any atmosphere where there is worship, and throw off whatever sound or style we are accustomed to and worship the Creator of all things.  We deny ourselves-- we are not the center... He is.  Is He not worthy?

Memory says, "I did that." Pride replies, "I could not have done that." Eventually, memory yields. —FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE3

It's better to lose our pride to the one You Love, than to lose the one we love, because of our pride.

You see that I am a very little soul who can offer to God only very little things. — ST. THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX

131: My heart is not proud, G. I am never haughty. Except maybe now, when I'm explaining how very humble I am.

Nothing is more deceitful, said Darcy, than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly accomplished for modesty to be natural of any other woman.

How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.

I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.