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Quotes About Humility

There are too many people who consider themselves far too important. And yet not one of us is anything but a grain of sand in the desert, a speck of dust in the universe.
~ Unknown
And I like asking questions, to keep learning people with big egos might not want to look unsure.
~ Heston Blumenthal
My mom taught me not to talk about money.
~ Hilary Duff
One of the French lords says, "To lose gracefully is an art that every gentleman cultivates." "I hope to cultivate it too," he says. "If you see an example I might follow, please point it out.
~ Hilary Mantel
My list of sins is so extensive that the recording angel has run out of tablets, and sits in the corner with his quill blunted, wailing and ripping out his curls.
~ Hilary Mantel
He understands honor but does not boast of his own. . . He has studied the world without despising it. He understands the world without rejecting it. He has no illusions but he has hopes. He does not sleepwalk through his life. His eyes are open, and his ears for sounds others miss.
~ Hilary Mantel
If you marvel at your good fortune, you should marvel in secret; never let people see you.
~ Hilary Mantel
I doubt if there is much I can teach them.
~ Hilary Mantel
I doubt if there is much I can teach them. Or much they can learn.
~ Hilary Mantel
Main gangu teli ko doon raj,Gadhon ke sar pe rakh doon taj (I'll make the laziest person as the king, I'll place the crown on the heads of donkeys)
~ Unknown
Creo que es necesario para nosotros como seres humanos aprender más de la naturaleza y, con gran humildad, regresar a los fundamentos básicos de los alimentos.
~ Unknown
You guys are so small...
~ Hiroyuki Takei
The one trying to have the last word is rarely walking in the Word.
~ Hollisa Alewine
There is too little beauty in the world,' says the prince airily. 'But that is not my area of greatest conceit.
~ Holly Black
If someone were hitting Aaron over the head, he would thank them for stopping.
~ Holly Black
Get down on your knees," Cardan says, looking insufferably pleased with himself. His fury has transmuted into gloating. "Beg. Make it pretty. Flowery. Worthy of me.
~ Holly Black
Get down on your knees, Cardan says, looking insufferably pleased with himself. His fury transmuted into gloating. "Beg. Make it pretty. Flowery. Worthy of me.
~ Holly Black
it was as important to be a good winner as a good loser. I wanted Oak to give me an opportunity to be a good winner.
~ Holly Black
The more you learn, the less you know
~ Unknown
But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
~ Homer
Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.
~ Honore de Balzac
Self-distrust vanishes as triumph succeeds to triumph, and modesty is, perhaps, distrust of itself.
~ Honore de Balzac
Ne güvenli ne baya?? ne de çok görkemli olun, bu tutumlar?n üçü de insan? gözden dü?ürür. Fazla güven sayg?y? azalt?r, baya??l?k küçümsenmenize yol açar, fazla çaba da sömürülmenize neden olur.
~ Honore de Balzac
You have not much luxury here," said the judge, gravely, looking round the room. "Well, my son, if we wish to be something great, we must begin by being nothing.
~ Honore de Balzac