Quotes about humble
humble greatness rome
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. Livy
humble use arrogant
Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
humble past evil
In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately expressed in violence to the evildoer. I am endeavoring to show my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiplies evil and that evil can only be sustained by violence. Withdrawal of support of evil requires complete abstention from violence. Non-violence implies voluntary submission to the penalty for non-cooperation with evil. Mahatma Gandhi
humble knights difficult-situations
I have not conceived my mission to be that of a knight-errant wandering everywhere to deliver people from difficult situations. My humble occupation has been to show people how they can solve their own difficulties.
humble play soldier
A true soldier does not argue as he marches, how success is going to be ultimately achieved. But he is confident that if he only plays his humble part well, somehow or other the battle will be won. In is that spirit that every one of us should act. It is not given to us to know the future. But it is given to everyone of us to know how to do our own part well.
humble dust
One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.
humble essentials never-forget
I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving. Freida Pinto
humble lasts be-humble
Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great? Kanye West
humble thinking government
When you travel you realize how small you are. You need to be humble. You can't be a big, brash American. You think you have problems. You leave the States and you see people have bigger problems than you, much worse problems than you. They have nothing to eat, they have no water, they have no shelter, they have a terrible government. So you realize we complain about the government, we complain about food, whatever it is, and go somewhere else and you think, "Now I realize," you say, "Why people want to come to America." Paul Theroux
humble eye artist
From the root, the sap rises up into the artist, flows through him, flows to his eye. Overwhelmed and activated by the force of the current, he conveys his vision into his work. And yet, standing at his appointed place as the trunk of the tree, he does nothing other than gather and pass on what rises from the depths. He neither serves nor commands he transmits. His position is humble. And the beauty at the crown is not his own; it has merely passed through him. Paul Klee
humble faces needs
We need to be humble in the face of uncertainty Paul DePodesta
humble loss hands
If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand. Again and again, when I have been at a loss how to proceed, I have just had to wait until I have felt the mathematics led me by the hand. It has led me along an unexpected path, a path where new vistas open up, a path leading to new territory, where one can set up a base of operations, from which one can survey the surroundings and plan future progress. Paul Dirac
humble men sea
To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really a sea. Gilbert K. Chesterton
humble house library
In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession. John Bright
humble firsts helpful
I remember my manager telling me, Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first. Those words were very helpful. John Boyega
humble paris bears
If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore! It bears: Eternity, be thou My refuge! and no more. Matthew Arnold
humble school men
I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up. Max Schmeling
humble be-humble humbling
It's a humbling thing being humble. Maurice Clarett
humble kids humility
It is always the secure who are humble.
humble servant
I remain God's humble servant. Jonathan Cain
humble pie enemy
For me, religion is serious business - a farrago of authoritarian nonsense, misogyny and humble pie, the eternal enemy of human happiness and freedom. Katha Pollitt
humble kingdoms marble
How do you know it was the blighted pile? Did you recognize Maiwenn’s gift?” “No, but there was a marble bust of Dorian in there, which I figured must have been his kingdom’s ‘humble’ gift. Richelle Mead
humble faults compassionate
Keep up a humble sense of your own faults, and that will make you compassionate to others Richard Baxter
humble water toilets
The humble latrine, or flush toilet, reduces disease by twice as much as just putting in clean water. Rose George
humble reality games
I've experienced every aspect of pitching. I know the reality of what these guys are going through. You can be going good, and the game is going to humble you. But the challenge is how to get through the difficult times. Roger McDowell
humble humility thinking
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others. Rick Warren
humble giving care
The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you're honored by others.
humble self purpose
Will we fulfill God's purpose, or will we shrink back and live a comfortable, self-centered life?
humble men creation-of-man
The pretence that numbers are not the humble creation of man, but are the exacting language of the Universe and therefore possess the secret of all things, is comforting, terrifying and mesmeric. Peter Greenaway
humble should despise
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble. Periander
humble cherish heaviness
Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Mary Oliver
humble gay men
Mutability is the badge of infirmity. It is seldom that a man continues to wish and design the same thing two days alike. Now he is for marrying; and now a mistress is preferred to a wife. Now he is ambitious and aspiring; presently the meanest servant is not more humble than he. This hour he squanders his money away; the next he turns miser. Sometimes he is frugal and serious; at other times profuse, airy, and gay. Pierre Charron
humble successful simple
Despite its simple and humble design, Zik is certainly today one of our most successful products in terms of intuitive ergonomics. Philippe Starck