Education, family, character, intelligence, humility, okay? These are the things that make a culture live.

To measur whether it is humility or depression, check whether you are advancing spiritually or going down.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.

Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.

Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.

There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness.

Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?

Don’t nurture a sense of guilt; rather, nurture a sense of responsibility married with a sense of humility.

Working together on solving something requires a high level of humility and a high level of self-awareness.

Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

Cultivate humility it is the way of connectedness. Beware of false humility it leads to self-righteousness.

Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.

I think living with humility, and serving with humility, is one of the most important things humans can do.

As we strive to teach others we must have the humility to acknowledge that we too still have much to learn.

Whenever anybody does well spiritually, I usually ignore them. It's the greatest compliment I can pay them.

What is childlike humility? It’s not the lack of intelligence, but the lack of guile. The lack of an agenda.

He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness.

As we give the gifts of compassion and humility, our lives become demonstrations of the truth of God's Word.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.

If the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.

In the facades we put on for others we demonstrate our potential; through our children we reveal our reality.

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.

I've had a very fortunate, very privileged life. I say it with all humility because it could change tomorrow.

There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required.

Fierce Determination and Gentle Humility are the ornaments which make one attractive in the eyes of the Lord.

Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting.

Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.

Make me like a little child, Simple, teachable, and mild; Seeing only in Thy light; Walking only in Thy might!

As a Canadian, we are sort of inherently built with an unshakable humility that at times can work against you.

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing

History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

"The person next to me meditates better than I do. They're purer." - This is the ego feeling sorry for itself.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

If it is hard to accept a rebuke, even a private one, it is harder still to administer one in loving humility.

Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.

remember that though humility, without firmness, may be cowardly, yet courage without humility is presumptuous.

Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is the antidote to this evil.

Godly fear, faith, and humility is the true threefold cord that can’t easily be broken (see Ecclesiastes 4:12).

And in self-giving we become really happy. Real humility is the expansion of our consciousness and our service.

We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.

No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.

When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.

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