Quotes About Humility

Humility accepts the very nature of a human being is complete, unadulterated, ecstatic joy.

You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat.

We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

Do not talk about your greatness; you are really, in essential nature, no greater than those around you.

It is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.

O grant me, Heaven, a middle state, Neither too humble nor too great; More than enough, for nature's ends, With something left to treat my friends.

You learn nothing about men by snubbing them and crushing their pride. You must ask them what it is they can do in this world, that they alone can do.

Nature is always trying to tell us that we are not so superior or independent or alone or autonomous as we may think.

...the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent.

You should never try and out guess Mother Nature because when you do, you come off second best.

It's easy to count other people's mistakes. Make your own if you can.

Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint.

I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax

There are moments when we think nature happens just for us, and there are other moments when the ridiculousness of that notion is revealed.

The sight of a worm excites my reverence more than all the gods men have invented.

He stood at the edge of town feeling very small, powerless. Night in the mountains could do that to you, reminding you of your place in the world and laughing at any sense of self-importance.

Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.

I'm not perfect and I will not be one day.But I'm a human with mistakes and I do reconcilie with my mistakes

Don't be so proud for being educated then other, you will never able to calculate your own hart-beets

I wish I knew all the answers, how to be perfect, attractive and witty. But I'm just a human being with all the regular faults and it seems no matter how hard I try, I can't change that.

Train yourself by blessing those who treat you badly and you will take on the nature of God.

You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.