Quotes About Humility

Tak seorang pun yang lebih angkuh daripada orang yang percaya bahwa dirinya kebal dari marabahaya dunia.

The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know

a reminder from God that humankind was not meant to understand all things.

The more man learned, the more he realized he did not now.

Until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him. Martin Luther had

What is wrong with the admission that something exists beyond our understanding?

You have tried to be superior in an ordinary realm. Now you must learn to be ordinary in a superior realm.

infant. There was no shame in being seen, no disgrace in being human.

We're all fools together," he replied. "It's just that a few people know it; others don't. You seem to be one of the latter types. Hand me that small wrench, will you?

We were gods then. But even gods must descend from their high thrones upon occasion.

The steward had been more circumspect after that. He had learned - as Odysseus had learned after a certain number of years of his wanderings - that his guile was no match for the world and that hubris would always be punished by the gods.

As Dave Cooper says, I screwed that up are the most important words any leader can say.

It is true that the original of this story is put into new words, and the style of the famous lady we here speak of is a little altered; particularly she is made to tell her own tale in modester words that she told it at first, the copy which came first to hand having been written in language more like one still in Newgate than one grown penitent and humble, as she afterwards pretends to be.

That they're no longer ashamed to sin, and but are ashamed to repent; no longer ashamed of the motion for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools, however are ashamed of the returning, which only can make them be esteemed smart men.

Giving to others is most precious when it is done quietly and selflessly. Righteous indignation is like candy when you're starving. It feels good, but it doesn't sustain you very long.

A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything - all the knowledge in the world. Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and to understand one grain of it.

I've got to guard against the natural tendency to look down on them now that I have surpassed them.

The humble, self-effacing Charlie you were all talking about a while ago is just waiting patiently. I'll admit I'm like him in a number of ways, but humility and self-effacement are not among them. I've learned how little they get a person in this world.

Humility and self-effacement ... get a person [little] in this life.

You must absolutely and forever relinquish the idea that you know who should live and who should die on this planet.

There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.

It's a knowing that you're human, you're flawed, and you're awesome in your own way.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

Because I believe in God and have faith in God, it doesn't mean I am immortal. It doesn't mean I am immune, as has been claimed. I am as scared as anyone of getting hurt, especially driving a Formula One car.