Quotes about humility
humility men and-love
Men don't achieve truth because they lack humility and love of truth. They won't criticize their own beliefs. Truth would overwhelm them. Henri Frederic Amiel
humility thinking people
I think people would be surprised by his [Alessandro Michele] humility. Jared Leto
humility good-woman needs
-You're gloating, Max. It's not flattering. Somebody needs to teach you a little humility.- -A good woman could do that.- -She'd have to be armed and dangerous.- Janet Evanovich
humility mind noble
There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate. Jane Porter
humility eye men
Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men. Ernst Moritz Arndt
humility broken people
I'd rather be around broken people who have a degree of humility, and just get on with their work. Moby
humility compassion being-hated
I like the humility that comes from being hated. Hopefully some humility and compassion comes out of that.
humility arrogance virtue
Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist. Milton Friedman
humility ephemeral needs
The importance of humility. We need the humility to know that truth can be ephemeral, that this can be but one version of the truth. Ken Auletta
humility humble deeds
True humility is expressed in deeds, not words. The humble are those who truly walk the same ground as everyone else - not necessarily with grovelling, hunched backs, but certainly not lording it over others, either. Julian Baggini
humility humble trying
Do not try to be humble: learn humility. Idries Shah
humility weather funeral
It doesn't matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather. Harry S Truman
humility home world
He continues to teach because it provides him with a livelihood; also because it teaches him humility, brings it home to him who he is in the world. The irony does not escape him: that the one who comes to teach learns the keenest of lessons, while those who come to learn learn nothing. J. M. Coetzee
humility two people
Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone's control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes. J. K. Rowling
humility mma world
Humility comes from how you come at the world. Confidence comes from how you come at yourself. Greg Jackson
humility self names
What [Nietzsche] calls slave morality is to him purely spite-morality; and this spite-morality gave new names to all ideals. Thus impotence, which offers no reprisal, became goodness; craven baseness became humility; submission to him who was feared became obedience; inability to assert one's self became reluctance to assert one's self, became forgiveness, love of one's enemies. Misery became a distinction Georg Brandes
humility accuracy capitalism
Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility. Georg C. Lichtenberg
humility unity secret
The fruit of the Spirit is fundamentally relational. Rather than originating with us, it flows to us from our union with Christ, and it flows beyond us to bring us into fellowship with others. The secret of this flow - and our unity with God and others - is humility. Jerry Bridges
humility pride order
Humility is often merely feigned submissiveness assumed in order to subject others, an artifice of pride which stoops to conquer, and although pride has a thousand ways of transforming itself it is never so well disguised and able to take people in as when masquerading as humility. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
humility gains power-over-others
Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.
humility sacrifice wish
Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.
humility pride order
Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise.
humility form conceit
Humility is the worst form of conceit.
humility pride men
Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a more calculated sort of pride.
humility pride defects
Without humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them from others, and often from ourselves.
humility voice silence
The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric. Francis Quarles
humility pride light
The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth.
humility pride self
Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death. Hugh Laurie
humility
How many are the things I can do without! Socrates
humility anti-bullying suffering
Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness. Honore de Balzac
humility body modesty
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
humility judging judgment-of-others
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. Harold Nicolson
humility tolerance world
The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility. Irena Sendler