Quotes About Humility

If you pair excellence with humility, people not only won't run over you, they will respect you.

Paul the Apostle exhorted, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." 74 Make a mental and emotional commitment to look out for the interests of others.

God, when I am wrong, make me willing to change. When I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank.

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it." —Stephen Covey

La humildad no es negar sus fortalezas. La humildad es ser sincero acerca de sus debilidades". —Rick Warren

A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.

No matter how much I know (or think I know), I can learn from this situation.

If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.

Ambassador and poet Henry Van Dyke observed, "There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

Those who lack humility are dogmatic and egotistical. That masks a deep sense of insecurity.

Para lograr algo grande de verdad, despójese de su ego, y prepárese a formar parte de un equipo.

part of the parenting process is helping children understand that they are not the center of the universe.

People who haven't overcome major losses are prone to think they are invincible. They start to believe they are better than they really are and are inclined to misuse their power. Everyone who makes a major contribution to life knows what it is to have failures.

El verdadero heroísmo es notablemente sobrio, muy poco dramático. No es la urgencia de sobrepasar a los demás a cualquier costo, sino la urgencia de servir a los demás a cualquier costo». —ARTHUR ASHE

The way President Abraham Lincoln is said to have handled a person who had a know-it-all attitude. Lincoln asked, "How many legs will a sheep have if you call a tail a leg?" "Five," the man answered. "No," replied Lincoln, "he'll still have four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one.

Only a leader who has followed well knows how to lead others well. Good leadership requires an understanding of the world that followers live in. Connecting with your people becomes possible because you have walked in their shoes. You know what it means to be under authority and thus have a better sense of how authority should be exercised. In contrast, leaders who have never followed well or submitted to authority tend to be prideful, unrealistic, rigid, and autocratic. "Civilization

Se requiere humildad para buscar realimentación. Se requiere sabiduría para entenderla, analizarla y actuar sobre ella apropiadamente". —Stephen R. Covey

Occasionally someone will ask me about how ego fits into the leadership equation. They'll want to know what keeps a leader from having a huge ego. I think the answer lies in each leader's pathway to leadership. If people paid their dues and gave their best in obscurity, ego is usually not a problem.

An open mind is the beginning of self-discovery and growth. We can't learn anything new until we can admit that we don't already know everything." —Erwin G. Hall

Humility means knowing and using your strength for the benefit of others, on behalf of a higher purpose." —ALAN ROSS

To work together, we must have all three. Generosity: giving up resources for the whole. Humility: giving up your own importance, position, and power. Integrity: truthfulness so that others can depend on your character.

I love the story about the shortest letter to the editor written to England's newspaper the Daily Mail. When the editor invited readers to send in their answers to the question, "What's wrong with the world?" writer G. K. Chesterton is reputed to have sent the following: Dear Sir, I am. Yours sincerely, G. K. Chesterton

Humility means two things. One, a capacity for self-criticism. . . . The second feature is allowing others to shine, affirming others, empowering and enabling others." —CORNEL WEST

Success is a lousy teacher. It makes smart people think they can't lose." It also makes them think they don't need to learn.