Quotes About Humility

Cuando se tiene poco seso la vanidad llega a causar toda clase de desgracias

I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers.

the art of knowing our own nothingness beyond our own circle

To come with a well-informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid.

Pese a esta experiencia creía que iba a tener que pasar por una nueva y necesaria lección en el arte de aprender lo poca cosa que somos fuera de nuestro propio círculo.

Poseo bastantes defectos, pero creo que no proceden de mi entendimiento.

todos nos gusta dar lecciones, pero sólo enseñamos lo que no merece la pena saber. Perdóname

Mas o orgulho, onde quer que haja uma verdadeira superioridade intelectual, o orgulho estará sempre sob uma boa orientação.

Oh! how heartily did she grieve over every ungracious sensation she had ever encouraged, every saucy speech she had ever directed towards him. For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him.

Nada es más engañoso que la apariencia de humildad. Normalmente no es otra cosa que falta de opinión, y a veces es una forma indirecta de vanagloriarse

He had meant them to be good, but his cares had been directed to the understanding and manners, not the disposition; and of the necessity of self-denial and humility

La vanidad es un defecto. Pero el orgullo, en caso de personas de inteligencia superior, creo que es válido

if you are ever so forward and clever yourselves, you should always be modest; for, much as you know already, there is a great deal more for you to learn.

A person may be proud without being vain. Pride related to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you I was properly humbled.

A fortunate chance had recommended him to Lady Catherine de Bourgh when the living of Hunsford was vacant; and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his right as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility.

Son jóvenes aún para ver la realidad del mundo y adquirir la humillante convicción de que los hombres guapos deben tener algo de qué vivir, al igual que los feos.

mezcla de orgullo y servilismo, petulancia y modestia.

As a child I was taught what was right, but I was not taught to correct my temper. I was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit.

And you have taught me a hard, but most advantageous lesson. I now see that I have been proud. I owe you so much for showing me that.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Los que poco sufren pueden ser tan orgullosos e independientes como quieran; pueden resistir los insultos o humillar a su vez... Pero yo no puedo.

Hiçbir ÅŸey alçakgönüllü bir görünümden daha yan?lt?c? deÄŸildir. S?k s?k sadece düÅŸünce dikkatsizliÄŸi, bazen de dolayl? bir övünmedir.

I'd like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.