Quotes About Humility

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.

if you don't know what you're talking about, then don't talk, or at least say you don't know.

The most critical need of the Church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer and much humility, the coming again of men made of the stuff of which prophets and martyrs are made. —A. W. Tozer

true blessings come not from stuff or from satisfying the self; they come from submitting one's self to God.

Far from being a way to achieve success, ease, and comfort, Christianity calls us to live a life that forgets self and focuses on being God's instrument to show his love to others.

The only fool he tolerated gladly was himself

We live individual lives with the consciousness of death and awareness of the past. But the most important part of that sentence is the individual part. Let yourself be humbled by the experiences people have been having for thousands of years. And speak of it.

A man may be humble through vainglory.

Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose if you belittle yourself, you are believed if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary's force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.

Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.

The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.

Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!

Cruzimea n-are rost unde-i iubire si nici puterea unde-i umilinta; blandetea-nvinge orice-mpotrivire, ca veseli orice suferinta.

Psychotherapist," I corrected. "We do the same thing as shrinks, but we use smaller words and keep our egos in check.

little life lesson 23: before making a snide comment about someone else's outfit, check to see if you're wearing knee boots with fringe. if you answer yes, drop it. just do.

It takes someone really brave to confess they're wrong and try to make it right" -Pete

But what would it look like if we parented a generation of young people to define themselves by what they did do? What if they were defined by their actions of justice and mercy, forgiveness and love, strength and courage, generosity and humility and faithfulness? What if they were a generation who lived in the world and still proclaimed these things by their very lives?

My cat mocks me frequently. It's the universe's way of keeping me from getting too big of an ego.

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.