Quotes About Humility

I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.

I was good at being charming, one of my very few vanities.

It was a little insulting to admit that a drooling dolt like Coulter might be right about something, but after all, Isaac Newton didn't reject gravity just because the apple had a low IQ.

At least you can be grateful," Brian said, "that I am not the type who insists on saying, told you so." "Didn't you just say it?" I asked him. "Nobody's perfect," he said, and put the car in gear. "What now?

Selflessness is humility. ... humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free.

There is one advantage to realizing that you're never going to get it right: you do begin to stop expecting everyone else to get it right too, which makes for less frustration when other people turn out to be just as human as you are.

Not mine, oh, Lord, but thine.

Pride has never been a virtue. There are some occasions on which it is wise to remain silent.

He recalled Old Jack's words after he'd scored a century at Lord's: anyone can be a good winner. The sign of a great man is how you handle defeat.

We stood silent. After a moment I said, Real Geniuses never think they're geniuses. Who says? Me. Because why? Because genius is nine-tenths perspiration. Haven't you ever heard that? As soon as you think you're a genius, you slack off. You think everything you do is so great and everything.

Pregnancy humbles husbands. After an initial rush of male pride they quickly recognise the minor role that nature had assigned them in the drama of reproduction.

Personal ignorance should be admitted, but it should not be allowed to place limits and bounds on the ways 'and means of revelation.

Having OCD has made me a more intense, sensitive, and compassionate human being. I have been humbled by my disorder. It has built character even while tearing at my soul, my heart, and my self-esteem. It has enabled me to fight harder, to strive for the good and the truth inside me. It has made me less critical and judgmental of others who suffer in their lives.

as if Laurie had recited the Apostles' Creed in perfect Latin, and resumed tidying up the pews, humming along with the choir, occasionally making brief, quiet remarks to no one in particular, in a tone that was both friendly and respectful. She was just thinking

Just a regular gal, Jo thought, and smiled, thinking, If you only knew.

The older he gets, the more grateful he is to have just as little idea as anyone else what is in store.

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

How can I truly serve others if I'm also serving myself, or my ego?

they will learn how much better it is, when one is uninformed, to put questions than to make assertions;

Knowledge, when it is of the right kind, is the handmaid to love, for without love knowledge puffs up

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

The only allowable relationship between us is that of a servant. I am free to serve you. I am not free to "boss" you. This

I'm not Beethoven!

Mr, B, what's wrong with me? [...] Nothing. You're smart enough to know you don't have all the answers, that's all.