Humility
417 quotes: 31 by Keith Craft, 386 from other voices.
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- A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition.
- A man’s work ethic is tested when no one is watching. A man’s humility is tested when everyone is.
- A mark of lifelong learners is recognizing that they can learn something from everyone they meet.
- A person is not going to undertake to learn anything that they think they already know.
- A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
- A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
- A relationship becomes easier when you realize that you don't have to be the one at fault to be the one who's sorry.
- A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
- A team which goes into the game underrating their opponents is an easy team to beat.
- Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
- Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
- All streams flow to the ocean because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.
- Always be excited about the possibilities. Never be entitled to them.
- Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.
- Ambition is but the evil shadow of aspiration.
- An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
- Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.
- Applause is the spur of noble minds, the aim and end of weak ones.
- Arrogance repels. Humility inspires.
- As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
- As pride is sometimes hid under humility, idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry.
- Ask for help. Not because you are weak. But because you want to remain strong.
- At every trifle scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense.
- At very best, a person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.Harry Emerson FosdickSourced
- Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
- Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
- Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
- Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.
- Be displeased with what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest, and if thou sayest I have enough, thou perishest.
- Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There’s always room for a new idea.
- Be humble, hungry and the hardest worker in the room.
- Be modest in speech, but excel in action.
- Be modest without diffidence, proud without presumption.
- Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return.Chaitanya MahaprabhuCommonly attributed
- Be the first to laugh at your own blunder, and no one will laugh at you.
- Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved by a true estimation of another's weakness, thousands have been destroyed by a false appreciation of their own strength.
- Before God can deliver us from ourselves, we must undeceive ourselves.
- Before thou reprehend another, take heed thou art not culpable in what thou goest about to reprehend. He that cleanses a blot with blotted fingers makes a greater blur.
- Before you judge someone else, stop and think about all that God has forgiven you for.
- Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.