Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
What can educators do to foster real intelligence?.. .We can attempt to teach the things that one might imagine the earth would… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
“The thing we would remember from meeting a truly gospel-humble person is how much they seemed to be totally interested in us.… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“It does not pay away a penny from you to say "am sorry", "I won't do that again"! It does not take… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“The one foolproof test of our holiness will be the humility we demonstrate before God and men. Humility is the bloom and… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed... The heart's fierce effort to protect itself from every slight, to shield its… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
We've had a humble upbringing. You know, my father came through as a political refugee; my mother comes from a hard-working-farmers family.… — Vincent Kompany Copy Share Image
The Cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble labourer in the vineyard of the Lord. The fact that the Lord knows… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
When you really have something to offer to the world, then you can become truly humble. A tree when it has no… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which every one in the world loathes when he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pride is the switch that turns off priesthood power. Humility is a switch that turns it on . . . . Some… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“So, were every man on earth to become atheist, it could not affect God in any way. He is what He is… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
It's feeling the sense of responsibility, the sense of ownership, to step in, to try to solve any problem - and the… — Laszlo Bock Copy Share Image
...scientific power is like inherited wealth: attained without discipline. You read what others have done, and you take the next step. You… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“A lesson I learned from this ancient [Greek] culture is the notion of megalopsychon (a term expressed in Aristotle’s ethics), a sense… — Kyle Eschenroeder Copy Share Image
I am not in the least surprised that your impression of death becomes more lively, in proportion as age and infirmity bring… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“I’m nothing. I’m just a humble man in a bumblebee costume trying to pollinate with a woman as romantic as a flower.… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We can ...start making our way back to the Father. We should do so with as much haste and humility as we… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Self-reflection entails asking yourself questions about your values, assessing your strengths and failures, thinking about your perceptions and interactions with others, and… — Robert L. Rosen Copy Share Image
It's great and pleasing to be honest, but the tone and manner you use to speak your mind determines whether you inform… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
Culture matters. Of course, if physicians are rewarded or penalized for their service and results, the culture will change. But the key… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful. We’ve been invited… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
Watch nature, because it is your greatest teacher. It moves and flows and moves on again. There is an incredible beauty out… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he fearless about truly appearing less righteous… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“Our word humility derives from the Latin humus, for soil or earth—that ground from which humankind arose, from which we draw our… — Patrick Ussher Copy Share Image
Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There is nothing to popularize a person. Only humility, which is the ability to remain in the background and to put others… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
When we presume that we are better than people who need structure and guidance, we lack one of the most crucial ingredients… — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I've worked on my game, and I don't think it has any holes, no weaknesses. I say that with humility because you… — Ezekiel Elliott Copy Share Image
Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine… — John Selden Copy Share Image
One night I realized that when you give people understanding and encouragement a funny little meek childish look abashes their eyes, no… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Travelers learn not just foreign customs and curious cuisines and unfamiliar beliefs and novel forms of government. They learn, if they are… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
All converted people should labor to adorn the doctrine they profess by humility. If they can do nothing else, they can strive… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that He finds in us that humility which makes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
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