Humility
417 quotes: 31 by Keith Craft, 386 from other voices.
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- In the denial of self is the beginning of all that is truly generous and noble.
- Interest yourself in others and you will be too busy to indulge in self-love.
- It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.Bernard of ClairvauxCommonly attributed
- It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.
- It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.
- It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.
- It is better to make one's self acceptable than to make one's self important.
- It is better to start as a fool and learn from your mistakes than to fake being a genius and ignore your errors.
- It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.
- It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.
- It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
- It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
- It is no man's business whether he has genius or not: work he must, whatever he is, but quietly and steadily; and the natural and unforced results of such work will always be the things that God meant him to do, and will be his best.
- It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
- It is not hard to learn more. What is hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong.
- It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
- It is only necessary to grow old to become more indulgent. I see no fault committed that I have not committed myself.
- It is only people who possess firmness who can possess true gentleness. In those who appear gentle, it is generally only weakness, which is readily converted into harshness.
- It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- It is with our judgments as with our watches: no two go just alike, yet each believes his own.
- It requires greater virtues to support good than bad fortune.
- It takes a big person to do something small.
- It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
- Jealousy is the apprehension of superiority.
- Just as water ever seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds the creature abased and empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and to bless.
- Keep company with the humble, with the devout, and with the virtuous; and confer with them of things that edify.
- Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant.
- Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.
- Leaders walk a fine line between self-confidence and humility.
- Learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.
- Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.
- Let him that hath bestowed a benefit conceal it; let him that hath received it disclose it.
- Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
- Life changes for the better when we realize that we don’t have to know everything and we don’t have to pretend that we do.
- Life is a long lesson in humility.J. M. BarrieSourced
- Man, if he compare himself with all he can see, is at the zenith of his power; but if he compare himself with all he can conceive, he is at the nadir of his weakness.
- Man should let alone other's prejudices and examine his own.
- Man without patience is the lamp without oil, and pride in a rage is a bad counsellor.
- Many men are angry with them that tell them of their faults, when they should be angry only with the faults that are told them.
- Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.