Quotes About Humility

I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.

You know what's cool? My kids think I'm ordinary.

leaders of great companies are both very humble and very persistent.

Questioning leaders are realists and don't inflate the importance of their own efforts. They take the time to drill down into problems by asking questions. Questioning leaders recognize that everyone is needed, and that everyone should serve one another, if the organization is to be successful.

For the more we think of ourselves as self-made and self-sufficient, the harder it is to learn gratitude and humility. And without these sentiments, it is hard to care for the common good.

For why do the successful owe anything to the less advantaged members of society? The answer to this question depends on recognizing that for all our striving, we are not self-made and self-sufficient. Finding ourselves in a society that prices our talents is our good fortune, not our due. A lively sense of the contingency of our lot can inspire a certain humility.

cuanto más nos concebimos como seres hechos a sí mismos y autosuficientes, más difícil nos resulta aprender gratitud y humildad. Y, sin estos dos sentimientos, cuesta mucho preocuparse por el bien común.

hubris among the winners and humiliation among the losers.

autosuficientes, más difícil nos resulta aprender gratitud y humildad. Y, sin estos dos sentimientos, cuesta mucho preocuparse por el bien común.

If you are the boss it's wise to remember that there are lots of things you don't know and lots of people who hope you won't find out.

He stood at the edge of town feeling very small, powerless. Night in the mountains could do that to you, reminding you of your place in the world and laughing at any sense of self-importance.

You have to accept gifts occasionally, because there are some things you can't give yourself

I am just a low, uncouth person. I'm a low-type sort of man." Some

Use your knowledge to ask questions, not to tell people what you know.

Leia, only weak leaders never admit to mistakes. Strong leaders don't need to pretend to be infallible.

A celebrity once-removed, driving his groupies agog, but then not flaunting it, and not asking for it, either.

Looking at the world from other species' points of view is a cure for the disease of human self-importance.

Tempting fate, much? If I was Fate, lounging around in stately Fate Mansion drinking Fate Cola and eating a big bowl of Fate Crispies and I heard a dismissive Scots accent saying something like that, I'd be revving up the Fatemobile to teach said Mr Tartanjocks a lesson in humility.

Indeed, if there was one emotion that the mountains evoked as he grew older, it was humility. Looming peaks would always provide a welcome dash of the unknown, but more and more the mountains comforted Bridger for their timeless constancy, their steady presence, an anchor against the decades. They made him feel small, reminded him he was small, reminded some others who needed the reminding.

I did that," says my memory. "I could not have done that," says my pride, and remains inexorable. Eventually—??the memory yields.

I once asked Leon Festinger, one of the smartest men in the world, whether or not he ever felt inept. He replied, "Of course! That is what keeps you ept.

You need to be willing to wipe the slate clean and admit that you may not know everything about running. This is the best advice I can give for staying injury-free

How the mighty have fallen," he said, looking down on Aten. Ard-Greimne was short and incredibly sensitive about his height. He always wore shoes with lifts in them. When Aten didn't respond, he tried again. "I said, how the mighty—" "It wasn't funny or even clever the first time you said it," Aten said. "Nor is it original.

The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine