Quotes About Humility

I'm never embarrassed to say, 'I don't know.'

Every day, I have a most embarrassing moment.

For me, I do not wish to build an empire.

I have never been a person to build empires.

I know myself pretty well, and I know what I'm good at, but I also recognize when others may be better and so support and empower that.

I've never encountered any star ego.

I am honest and want to hear what the people have to say. I do not want to enrich myself in this job.

Even before I entered the industry, my parents always told me never let success get to your head and failure to your heart.

Animals weren't put on this earth to entertain us.

I can't really act entitled.

I don't want to raise someone who feels entitled.

To be human is to err, isn't it?

Sometimes when people ask you to do things you think you are above, you need to evaluate why you think you are above it.

Unless I'm on a stage, I don't want to be the event in someone's day.

Am I perfect? Not at all. I'm just like everybody else.

Describing Francis as the truly humble person, Bonaventure writes: "As Christ's disciple he strove to regard himself as worthless in his own eyes and those of others. He used to make this statement frequently: 'What a person is before God, that he is and no more.'"34

Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble.

End your ego, think of nation

Hagyj csak most békét, aki kett?t boncol, Az alaposan egynek sem felel meg. És innen j? a félszeg m?vel?dés. Aki csizmát varr, az csiríz legyen Utósó ízeig, mi gondja másra. Ki a holdat kutatja, e világra Ne légyen gondja, és aki tanít, ?rizkedjék akármit is tanulni. Csak egy van, mit mindennek tudni kell, Adót fizetni engedelmesen. Így készül a derék sok szaktudós.

I ask, Lord, for daily bread, but not for wealth, lest I forget the poor. I ask for strength, but not for power, lest I despise the meek. I ask for wisdom, but not for learning, lest I condemn the simple. I ask for a clean name, but not for fame, lest I condemn the lowly. I ask for peace of mind, but not for idle hours, lest I fail to hearken to the call of duty.

Hae tibi erunt artes - pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subjectis, et debellare superbos" "These shall be your arts, to set forth the law of peace, to spare the conquered, and to subdue the proud.

Jei ?žeidžiau jus, J?s? Šviesybe, vadinasi, nusipeln?te kiekvieno priekaišto.

Real kindness seeks no return; What return can the world make to rain clouds? ~ Tiruvalluvar

a brief aside, consider the wide-ranging philosophical importance of the following maxim: "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.