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Quotes About Humility

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.
~ Paul Farmer
In our good works nothing is our own.
~ John Calvin
The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings.
~ Neal A. Maxwell
I am not such an egotist as to believe that God has spared me because I am I. I believe there is work for me to do and that I am spared to do it, just as you are.
~ Eddie Rickenbacker
Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.
~ Michael B. Jordan
In the flesh rather than the work of the Spirit, it is easy to say we are showing holiness and it only be egotistic pride and hardness.
~ Francis Schaeffer
Our work may be important, but we don't take it too seriously. Otherwise, we get attached to one relatively small thing and ignore the rest of life.
~ Bernie Glassman
Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result of our work. Leave it to Jesus.
~ Mother Teresa
Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.
~ Sinclair B. Ferguson
God made us and God is able to empower us to do whatever he calls us to do. Denying that we can accomplish God's work is not humility; it is the worst kind of pride.
~ Warren W. Wiersbe
Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously.
~ Booth Tarkington
Charity work shouldn't be bragged about. It's just something you're supposed to do...I do it because I feel like that's what God wanted me to do. It's as simple as that.
~ Roy Jones Jr.
I take my work seriously but I can't take myself too seriously. I'm in such a crazy privileged position.
~ Michael Fassbender
My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much about the value of hard work there as I ever did later.
~ Douglas Preston
One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.
~ Jim Carrey
Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.
~ Martin Luther
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
~ Thomas Carlyle
The best servant does his work unseen.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Any acting job that I ever got, I always treated it like I was a neophyte, I didn't know what I was doing and I was going to work just as hard as I do on my stand-up.
~ Patton Oswalt
If you have the ability to work with people smarter than you, always try to be the least smartest person in the room and surround yourself with talent, because iron sharpens iron.
~ Jake M. Johnson
A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.
~ Simon Sinek
Failure has gone to his head.
~ Wilson Mizner
Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.
~ Seth Godin