Quotes About Humility

Martial Arts does not teach you how to fight, it teaches you why not to.

If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself I reply: Because I have been wrong once or oftener I do not aspire to be always wrong.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong which is but saying ... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

If you make fun of bad persons you make yourself beneath them. ... Be kind to bad and good for you don't know your own heart.

If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high.

Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name!

I was constantly told and challenged to live my life as a warrior. As a warrior, you assume responsibility for yourself. The warrior humbles himself. And the warrior learns the power of giving.

Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.

If you manipulate, coerce, and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example, you will need no power at all.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

God does not call men to make Jesus Lord (as though they had such power), but to live in absolute submission to the Lord He has made.

When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.

True power and true politeness are above vanity.

Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power

Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation.

Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first.

The only thing truly within our power, may be whether or not we will behave in each moment with arrogance or reverence.

I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.

No man is great if he thinks he is.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around

He was the smartest and best-read person any of us had every known, but he wore his learning so lightly and had such curiosity about other people that he had the ability to make everyone around him feel smart and well-read.