Quotes About Humility

Humility is not the personal discount that we must offer in the presence of others—against this old interpretation there has been a most healthy modern reaction. True humility any man who thoroughly knows himself must feel; but it is not a humility that assumes a worm-like meekness; it is rather a strong, vibrant prayer for greater power for service

Kaiser into a staunch friend, imagine what humility and praise can do for you and me in our daily

PRINCIPLE 3 Talk about your own mistakes before criticising the other person.

A real leader will always follow . . .

PRINCIPLE 5 Let the other person save face.

You will never get into trouble by admitting that you may be wrong. That will stop all argument and inspire your opponent to be just as fair and open and broad-minded as you are. It will make him want to admit that he, too, may be wrong.

I am going to meet people today who talk too much—people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I couldn't imagine a world without such people.

Ahora estoy convencida de que no puede lograrse nada bueno, y sí puede hacerse mucho daño, si uno le dice directamente a una persona que está equivocada. Sólo se consigue despojar a esa persona de su autodignidad, y uno queda como un entrometido.

Todos los hombres que encuentro son superiores a mí en algún sentido; y en tal sentido puedo aprender de todos".

Talk About Your Own Mistakes First

Sólo sé que no sé nada".

Bien, escuche. Yo pienso de otro modo, pero quizá me equivoque. Me equivoco con tanta frecuencia... Y si me equivoco, quiero corregir mi error.

I may be wrong. I frequently am. Let's examine the facts.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding that limit.

Lincoln did go to see Stanton. Stanton convinced him that the order was wrong, and Lincoln withdrew it. Lincoln welcomed criticism when he knew it was sincere, founded on knowledge, and given in a spirit of helpfulness.

Carnegie wanted to praise his assistants even on his tombstone. He wrote an epitaph for himself which read: "Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.

Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.

How well you own up to your mistakes makes a bigger impression than how you revel in your successes.

You have made a mistake, Josephine," he would begin, "but Lord knows, it's no worse than many I have made.

It was said of Emerson that he was always willing to listen to any man, no matter how humble his station, because he felt he could learn something from every man he met.

It is not a bad exercise for a man to sit quiet once in a while and watch the workings of his mind and heart and notice how often he can find himself favoring five or six of the seven deadly sins, and especially the first of those sins, which is named pride. — CARL SANDBURG AMERICAN POET

And if you are already flying upside down and don't know it, your cleverness will do you little good.

Christian spiritual formation rests on this indispensable foundation of death to self and cannot proceed except insofar as that foundation is being firmly laid and sustained.

Whatever our position in life, if our lives and works are to be of the kingdom of God, we must not have human approval as a primary or even major aim. We must lovingly allow people to think whatever they will. We may, if it seems right, occasionally try to help them understand us and appreciate what we are doing. That could be an act of love. But in any case we can only serve them by serving the Lord only.