Humbleness Quotes

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation but as a question.[A caution he gives his students, to be wary of dogmatism.]

Humbleness is the heart of happiness.

You need not to love everyone, but you need to be polite with everyone, people will appreciate your politeness more than your love, because politeness is sweeter than love.

Wind-voice looked in amazement at the sword in his claws. “I—I’ll keep it safe,” he muttered to Winger. “For the hero, when he comes…”Winger was smiling a light, dreamy smile that radiated all over his thin face. “The hero is here, Wind-voice,” he said, awed. “You’re the hero.

I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both themselves and others, people who present themselves as wise men and are taken as such, when they are nothing of the sort.From poets, I moved to artists. No one was more ignorant about the arts than I; no one was more convinced that artists possessed really beautiful secrets. However, I noticed that their condition was no better than that of the poets and that both of them have the same misconceptions. Because the most skillful among them excel in their specialty, they look upon themselves as the wisest of men. In my eyes, this presumption completely tarnished their knowledge. As a result, putting myself in the place of the oracle and asking myself what I would prefer to be — what I was or what they were, to know what they have learned or to know that I know nothing — I replied to myself and to the god: I wish to remain who I am.We do not know — neither the sophists, nor the orators, nor the artists, nor I— what the True, the Good, and the Beautiful are. But there is this difference between us: although these people know nothing, they all believe they know something; whereas, I, if I know nothing, at least have no doubts about it. As a result, all this superiority in wisdom which the oracle has attributed to me reduces itself to the single point that I am strongly convinced that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Be humble: have the courage to speak the truth.

No amount of pics posted on your web, homepage, blog etc is going to change your devastated image but another humble restarts.

The middle class were invented to give the poor hope; the poor, to make the rich feel special; the rich, to humble the middle class.

We could never agree about Boogie and I didn't share Miriam's reverence for professors. In fact, just in case I haven't mentioned it before, the pride of my office wall is my framed high-school graduation certificate, lit from above. Miriam has reproached me for it. "Take it down, darling," she once pleaded. But it still hangs there.

Mere talents does not give glory to God but a humble heart.

It is not reputation, fame, success or religiosity that glorifies God, it's slavery.

But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.

All of yesterday's ballers are today's road sweepers.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

To worship means to go higher. If you join the one who has gone higher, you will go higher and if you speak ill of that person, you will fall down.

Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.

There's a lot to be said for the fellow who doesn't say it himself.

Stars shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.

Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like similes. I am more humble. I am a mere street scavenger (chiffonier) of science. With my hook in my hand and my basket on my back, I go about the streets of science, collecting what I find.

The greatest danger, of course, was to believe that I was equal to them, because assurance can morph into arrogance that Death loves to prove unfounded.

I am thankful for all blessings and lessons learned that have given me peace and solace which I try to share with great humility and humbleness.

The sun announces its presence with light, not words; do likewise.

Seek for illumination of self, and then the world, through the simple, humble, almighty, supreme virtue of love.

Pain is inevitable, yet suffering is optional. It is our heart connections that make all the difference. When we experience mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual pain – love is the one medicine that transcends any synthetic or organic drug we use to suppress pain.

Maslow was right... Insecurity is main source of ego and aggression... Achievements and success leads to humbleness... It takes a lifetime... to understand nothing matters..

A great man is always willing to be little.

The incredibly powerful and enriching lifestyle of seeking beauty is a humble service of love and healing.

The subtle whispers, cues and nudges are there as guideposts, to gently carry the humble listener along the path back to the source and the true self.

Surrender is not a weakness, but rather an empowering state of humility.

If somebody accepts you as you are, it doesn't mean that you're talented, it means they are generous enough to give you a chance to prove your worth. Stay humble!

Life occasionally humbles us by making us turned on by someone whom we turn off.

Killing a cruelty is not a cruelty.

Yesterday I was clever, so I took the glory for me. Today He makes me wise, so I give the glory to Thee

So I was just thinking about how something happened today and it was quite insightful, humbling and puts things into perspective. If you look at anything, everything has it's 'story' so to speak. For instance, for me to even write this status requires an obscene amount of processes (essentially limitless). Just the biological processes that have to take place are in the trillions. Then you add the technological component, the psychology behind it(self-awareness/consciousness). Then you start looking at the macro factors behind it which include how I came into existence, how life came to be for that to occur, how earth came to be, the sun, the solar system, the galaxy, universe...etc. So the odds for all those things to occur for me to write a simple (or not so simply) status like this....is pretty fucking incredible to say the least.

Some of you need a lesson in humility. While your arrogance may give you a sense of power, it may serve you better to put it aside. Those are the times you will be the light of the world.

A student must be humbled to trained by teacher.

Yesterday i was clever so i took the glory for me. Today HE makes me wise so i give the glory to HIM.

Selflessness is humility. ... humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free.

Be humble and set the balls of your dreams rolling till God himself decides what next! As for "pride", allow it to go as a lone ranger!

As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations tob e induced to rise, but immediately shines and is saluted by all, so do you also not wait for clappings of hands and shouts of praise tob e induced to do good, but be a doer of good voluntarily and you will be beloved as much as the sun.

If you were really humble you would be great, because humility would never squander the magnificent gift of life.

Beware ! Discipline goes to two different directions : success and self glory. Self glory is the biggest failure of life.

We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry.

When Man realizes his littleness, his greatness can appear. But not before.

If you feel deserve to judge the arrogant,it's a sign that you're so far of humbleness.

How sweet is that? I know I'm no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I have to say that assuming that a person will have forgotten your name is way high on my "indicators of humbleness" list (not that I have one, but I totally have a starting point now).

until the stone becomes soft, it cannot attach itself to the wall.

The humble one is the better one.

With the wolves around, your humbleness is your worst adversary.

Consumption can be a remedy against boredom and may convey a sense of fictitious power and supremacy, by standing out from the crowd through the extravagance of the expenditure. As it becomes an addiction, however, it might be cured, if the right medication is administered : humbleness and mindful discovery of the others. (“Buying now, dying later”)

A humble man rises to great heights and an arrogant man falls deep into the pit he tries to dig for others.

if you think you know all that somebody knows, you shall least know all that somebody knows. If you think you least know all that somebody knows, you shall really know all that somebody knows.

I think nothing is good, I really think it is.

Adversity sure does gives you trouble, but it keeps you humble.

Beware ! Heart is too small to feel happy but soul is too big to take glory

Make no mistake about it, no matter how kind, meek, humble and soft your giving heart is — you are a warrior!

Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God fulfills it.

Quit pretending to be humble when you are really just a self-abusing, emotional, drama junkie.

Do not go by my humble beginnings. Be wary of my enormous vision.

People who enroll themselves in the schools of pride, eventually graduate with and high degree of fall. Failure employs “prides” scholars. Get rusticated now!