Quotes About Humility

Humankind spends so much time admiring and ritualizing the inventions of humankind! And yet humankind is such a tiny part of all there is. -- Nigel S. Hey, Wonderment(Matador, 2012)

show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person

In a battle, some soldiers of Guru Gobind Singh saw a Sikh named Ghanaya giving water to the enemy. They went to the Guru with their complaint. Ghanaya was called and questioned. Ghanaya's response was that he had not helped the enemy: as he went around the battlefield, he saw no friend or foe but only the Guru's face.

Only when he died did they find out, with regret, that the Public Prosecutor had had a soul, although out of modesty he had never flaunted it.

Así desapareció un ser humano a quien nadie defendió, a quien nadie había querido, por quien nadie se interesó… Fue un ser que soportó humildemente las burlas de sus colegas y que bajó a la tumba sin haber realizado nada extraordinario.

You have to read many books to realize how little you know.

As Albert Einstein once said, "What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism.

The more I practiced kindness and humility, the more the world seemed to appear friendly and manageable.

No one achieves wealth and power exclusively through his or her own efforts. You can pull yourself up by your bootstraps, but someone gave you the boots.

When it comes to curbing speech, experience thus confirms the general rule in human affairs: humility is to be preferred over arrogance.

The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.

Hiç olmazsa mezar ta??na yaz?n: Burada insanlara ba?ka türlü hayran olan bir yat?yor.

Evet, aletle ö?ünmek, diyor Turgut buna. Bir vidas?n? bile siz yapmad?n?z, bu kadar gururlanmaya ne hakk?n?z var? diye tepiniyor.

qu'il n'y a que les gens malheureux, pour mettre la souffrance des humbles de plain-pied avec la leur… Il y a toujours de l'insolence et de la distance dans la bonté des heureux !…

Earthseed Cast on new ground Must first perceive That it knows nothing.

For what I give, not what I take, For battle, not for victory, My prayer of thanks I make.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.

My garden will never make me famous, I'm a horticultural ignoramus.

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up." ~Happy birthday Ogden Nash! (born 8.19.1902)

My garden will never make me famous. I'm a horticultural ignoramus. I can't tell a string-bean from a soybean, or even a girl bean from a boy bean

To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.

Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.

To know is sometimes good, but to have the wisdom to accept what you cannot know is better.