Humility Quotes

Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.

The physician himself, if sick, actually calls in another physician, knowing that he cannot reason correctly if required to judge his own condition while suffering.

When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.

The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition

Simplicity, a delicate silence about oneself, increases their worth and makes one love those whom one admires.

I will laugh at the world! Never will I allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, so powerful, that I forget how to laugh at myself and my world.And so long as I can Laugh never will I be poor

I do not know what right I have to so much happiness, but rather hold it in reserve till the time of my desert.

To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.

Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.

Sorrow makes us all children again -destroys all differences of intellect.The wisest know nothing.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.

If I have erred, I err in company with Abraham Lincoln.

To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.

Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot.

You know that he who would be the greatest among you must become the servant of all.

The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.

I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'

Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge.

In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.

My great wish is to go on in a strict but silent performance of my duty; to avoid attracting notice, and to keep my name out of the newspapers.

The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless.

I would bend the knee before the poorest scavenger, the poorest untouchable in India for having participated in crushing him for centuries; I would even take the dust off his feet.

It is a capital blunder; as you discover, when another man recites his charities.

If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.

I don't pose as an authority on anything at all, I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I take pride in the close-knit teamwork with my organization.

We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.

I do not consider myself the best dribbler. You can look at that statistically.

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

When I was at school my jography told me th' earth was shaped like a orange an' I found out before I was ten that th' whole orange doesn't belong to nobody. No one owns more than his bit of a quarter an' there's times it seems there's not enow quarters to go around. But don't you-none o' you- think as you own th' whole orange or you'll find out you're mistaken, an' you won't find it without hard knocks. What children learns from children, is that there's no sense grabbin' at th' whole orange-peel an' all. If you do you'll likely not get even th' pips, an' them's too bitter to eat.

He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.

"I have not made any arrogant, confident, boasting predictions at all. On the contrary, I have stuck hard to my "blood, toil, tears and sweat," to which I have added muddle and mismanagement, and that, to some extend I must admit, is what you have got out of it."

Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.

I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

The good man does not grievethat other people do not recognize his merits.His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.

Every man has got to know his limitations.

Not-knowing is true knowledge.Presuming to know is a disease.First realize that you are sick;then you can move toward health.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

Begin and proceed on a settled conviction that but little is permitted to any man to do or to know, and if he complies with the first grand laws, he shall do well.

To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.

You can't get too high for somebody to bring you down.

Bury my body and don't build any monument. Keep my hands out so the people know the one who won the world had nothing in hand when he died.

The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.

Those who boast are not respected.

The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

At ebb tide I wrote a line upon the sand, and gave it all my heart and all my soul. At flood tide I returned to read what I had inscribed and found my ignorance upon the shore.

I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary opinions.

I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy; the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage; from economy comes generosity; From humility comes leadership.

Talk to people, not above them.

You take the work seriously, you don't take yourself seriously. You keep that straight and you'll do well the rest of your life.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.

Small things make base men proud.