Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.

Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.

Let someone else take your place in line, Let someone else be first. Let someone else achieve realization before you.

By only becoming aware of Krishna's greatness we can become aware of our minuteness. That's the way to become Humble.

The fire to pursue God, the zeal to know God, and the humility to allow God to do whatever He pleases with our lives.

It is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.

Skepticism is forever whispering in your ears. You're very new at this. You may be mistaken. You've been wrong before.

Humility means realizing that it's fun to give everything away, particularly the things that you are most attached to.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.

One who loves God retains this humility at all times, not with weariness and struggle, but with pleasure and gladness.

The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.

I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?

There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.

I think you gotta have an honesty and a humility about human nature and that it's not about you at the end of the day.

Humility has tremendous power. Think of Gandhi. That was humility in action. He changed the shape of an entire nation.

Not a superman who stumbles, but an ape with makeshift manners in whose nickel-plated jungles roam mechanical bananas.

Love is down to earth and it reaches to the highest star; it is the valey of humility and the mopuntaintop of ecstasy.

Humility bids us to take ourselves as we are; we do not have to be cosmically significant to be genuinely significant.

Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.

History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.

I try to hire people who will challenge and have the humility to be challenged - people who have basically good values.

Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions.

It is not my prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws.

A generous and noble spirit cannot be expected to dwell in the breasts of men who are struggling for their daily bread.

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.

The deepest repentance and humility and our own frailty and weakness must be realized before we can know God's strength.

It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.

Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.

Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

Nirvikalpa samadhi is another matter. In order to enter into nirvikalpa samadhi, you must have a great deal of humility.

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.

There is nothing that isn't perfect, the only reason we don't see that perfection constantly is because we lack humility.

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.

It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.

The virtue of pride, which was once the beauty of mankind, has given place to that fount of ugliness, Christian humility.

I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.

The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living

You can't have pride without humility. Aggression without tolerance. Strength without compassion. Power without restraint.

If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.

In all pomposity and humility, I just wanted to show what I could do as an actor, and I jumped when 'Lootera' came my way.

When you are confronted with a level of devastating disease and death, you never lose that sense of unbelievable humility.

Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance.

Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility.

Regret or remorse of the wrong we have done should be in a positive spirit of changing, turning towards God with humility.

Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

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