Quotes About Humility

I had to laugh at the arrogance of anyone who had ever thought that human beings have conquered the earth.

the highest among us aren't always the wisest,

No man should be told he's a god while he still lives,' he said at last. 'It doesn't promote good thinking.

I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous, or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular, but because it never forgot what it could do.

I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that be like? We don't even know

The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.

We are very arrogant to think we alone have a totally original mind. We are carried on the backs of all the writers who came before us.

can't take myself too seriously when I open

We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It's like drinking water; we don't drink a glass once and never have to drink one again. We don't finish one poem or novel and never have to write one again. Over and over, we begin. This is good. This is kindness. We don't forget our roots.

What keeps most of us from God is not the sin we know we have, but the righteousness we think we have.

It is a good lesson - though it may often be a hard one - for a man... to step aside out of the narrow circle in which his claims are recognized, and to find how utterly devoid of significance, beyond that circle, is all that he achieves, and all he aims at.

Long ago it took a Copernicus to tell a provincial world that this planet was not the center of the universe. Some selfish moderns need a Copernican reminder that they are not the center of the universe either!

No part of walking by faith is more difficult than walking the road of repentance. However, with 'faith unto repentance', we can push the roadblock of pride away and beg God for mercy. One simply surrenders, worrying only about what God thinks, not about what 'they' think.

And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. (Ether 12:27.)

Humility is not the disavowal of our worth; rather, it is the sober realization of how much we are valued by God.

One may be stripped of accustomed luxury so that the malignant mole of materialism may be removed. One may be scorched by humiliation so that pride can be melted away. Whatever we lack will get attention, one way or another.

The hardest work you and I will ever do is to put off our selfishness. It is heavy lifting!

breadth of experience is worthwhile in my estimation. Consider this another nugget of wisdom: you don't want to end up so lost in your power and omniscience that you forget how to take a shit.

El orgullo del hermano mayor detesta la debilidad y se jacta de la fuerza. El quebrarse por dentro y la desesperación no se valoran, pero sí lucir bien y tener éxito. En Mateo 5, Jesús nos dice que los pobres de espíritu, los que lloran y los que tienen hambre y sed, son bendecidos. El hermano mayor piensa que nunca se supone que sea débil.

A veces hacemos promesas innecesarias a Dios y luego pensamos que nuestra promesa es la base de nuestro perdón. Pero Dios nos pide que renunciemos a nuestro derecho de demostrar que somos dignos del amor que nos da. Este engaño nos pone en una situación de mucha vulnerabilidad.

if we were judged by the things we most regret, no human being would be worthy to sweep the floor.

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.

We would do much better as leaders in the Church to learn at the feet of the farmer rather than study with the CEO of a corporation.