Quotes about humility
humility way avalanches
When one gets beaten by somebody better, one has to know how to lose with humility. Sure, I could have served better. Sure, I could have hit my forehand harder. But the truth was this was like an avalanche, and there was no way to stop it. Rafael Nadal
humility self guilty-conscience
There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness. Eric Hoffer
humility men self
The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.
humility pride substitution
Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another.
humility self voice
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
humility tree wildlife
When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility. James Balog
humility ice tree
I have often thought that my work with wildlife taught me the meaning of patience, and my work with the big trees taught me the meaning of humility, and my work with the ice has taught me the meaning of mortality.
humility cosmos purpose
If the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it. Neil deGrasse Tyson
humility journey men
We all travel the milky way together, trees and men; but it never occurred to me until this storm-day, while swinging in the wind, that trees are travelers in the ordinary sense. They make many journeys, not extensive ones, it is true; but our own little journeys, away and back again, are only little more than tree-wavings - many of them not so much. John Muir
humility men world
The world, we are told, was made especially for man - a presumption not supported by all the facts... Why should man value himself as more than a small part of the one great unit of creation?
humility proof increase
Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love. John Wesley
humility practise
Do not practise excessive humility. John Todd
humility suffering church
These then are the marks of the ideal Church - love, suffering, holiness, sound doctrine, genuineness, evangelism and humility. They are what Christ desires to find in His churches as He walks among them. John Stott
humility crowns modest
Modest humility is beauty's crown. Friedrich Schiller
humility might littles
I might paraphrase Churchill and say: never have I received so much for so little. Luis Federico Leloir
humility pride men
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them. Luc de Clapiers
humility self-discovery
We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves...
humility bait modesty
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Lord Chesterfield
humility pride humanity
Without humility there can be no humanity. John Buchan
humility godly broken
Godly fear, faith, and humility is the true threefold cord that can’t easily be broken (see Ecclesiastes 4:12). John Bevere
humility firsts obedience
True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.
humility apology axes
Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will. Max Lucado
humility pride goddess
To be part of the creation, I must act humbly. I'll take that over a goddess any day! Maureen O'Hara
humility heart animal
Perhaps that is part of the animals' role among us, to awaken humility, to turn our minds back to the mystery of things, and open our hearts to that most impractical of hopes in which all creation speaks as one. Matthew Scully
humility pride practice
Pride is at the bottom of a great many errors and corruptions, and even of many evil practices, which have a great show and appearance of humility. Matthew Henry
humility compassion modesty
Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.' Maya Angelou
humility responsibility important
It is important that we learn humility, which says there was someone else before me who paid for me. My responsibility is to prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who is yet to come.
humility want modesty
You don't want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I'm here because I've been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I'm paying for someone else who has yet to come.
humility guests virtue
Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests. Max Beerbohm
humility acceptance genius
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.
humility responsibility thinking
To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be a musician is a gift - a gift from Nature. There is no great merit in us except in loving this gift with respect and devotion and doing everything possible to honor that gift by work and more work. We must work with conviction and humility, searching for beauty, simplicity, and the Truth. And it is for us musicians to do all in our power for a better world. Music must carry the message of beauty, of love and of peace. Pablo Casals
humility dialogue
Dialogue cannot exist without humility. Paulo Freire
humility practice virtue
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear. John Selden