Quotes about hum
humble simple attention
The stories I respect most aren't those with the rich, dense prose, but those which achieve a rich, deep effect with simple little nothing-sentences, lines I won't possibly remember, because they simply functioned, didn't draw attention to themselves, were properly humble. Stephen Graham Jones
human-nature human-life irrational
To hope for a true change of human life without a change of human nature is an irrational and unspiritual proposition. Sri Aurobindo
humility simplicity mind
Spirituality is the science that teaches us how to achieve peace of mind and supreme satisfaction. Right now we are hankering after many, many things, but nothing we get satisfies us. Spirituality tells us that satisfaction can be found only if we lead a good and divine life-a life of simplicity, purity and humility. Sri Chinmoy
humble humility inferiority
One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility.
humility humble pride
When you really have something to offer to the world, then you can become truly humble. A tree when it has no fruit to offer, remains erect. But when the tree is laden with fruit, it bends down. If you are all pride and ego, then nobody will be able to get anything worthwhile from you. When you have genuine humility, it is a sign that you have something to offer to mankind.
humorous home thinking
[In Moscow] we got through to [Soviet leaders] Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because nobody had ever tried to call them at home before. Ross Perot
humorous japan car
Japan is our rival, not our enemy. Japan is a competitor... Bashing a Toyota won't make a better car.
human-nature humans
Human nature fascinates me. Rush Limbaugh
humility pride modesty
Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound. W. S. Gilbert
humble knowledge rude
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more. William Cowper
humility vanity parent
True modesty is a discerning grace And only blushes in the proper place; But counterfeit is blind, and skulks through fear, Where 'tis a shame to be asham'd t' appear: Humility the parent of the first, The last by vanity produc'd and nurs'd.
humanity
I am out of humanity's reach.
humanity littles viewpoints
From a hologrammatic viewpoint, ...you are one little physical image that reflects all of humanity when projected spiritually upon the cosmic screen. Wayne Dyer
humble men fire
They were the triumphant and insolent possessors; they had a hall, and a fire, and food and clothing and money, and so they might preach to hungry men, and the hungry men must be humble and listen. They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their souls was that they had not managed to get a decent existence for their bodies? Upton Sinclair
humor ifs
Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better. Twyla Tharp
human-nature trouble reconstruction
It generally troubles them [the reformers] not a whit that their remedy implies a complete reconstruction of society, or even a reconstitution of human nature. William Graham Sumner
humility grace veils
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces. William Gurnall
humble soul be-humble
Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.
humble unjust-criticism understanding
In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving. William Arthur Ward
humility pride maturity
To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
humility perfection dull
Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. W. Somerset Maugham
humor eye saint
The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.
humble ignorance fate
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge. Let us be silent, content in our little corner, meek and gentle like them. That is the wisdom of life.
humble knowing ego
I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all. Vladimir Nabokov
humorous russia female
In Russia, if a male athelete loses he becomes a female athelete. Yakov Smirnoff
humility doorways clarity
Humility is the doorway 2 truth & clarity of objectives... it's the doorway 2 learning. Wynton Marsalis
humility portraits fragility
For me, a good portrait shows the fragility and humility of the person, and at the same time a strength, a resting in themselves. Wolfgang Tillmans
humanity library half
Start at once a bedside library and spend the last half hour of the day in communion with the saints of humanity. William Osler
humility men fruition
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.
humanity gold world
Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold.
humility disease clinicals
There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.
humility like-you shack
You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not. William P. Young
humble humility pride
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom. William Penn