Humility

When you're a politician, someone always wants something from you, so they're constantly telling you how smart or great you are, and that can warp people! Exercising humility is important to me. My friends back home treat me like the same person I was when I was waiting tables.

There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.

The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

The word majesty was now dropped, but, with the deepest respect and humility, I was addressed as the count. What could I do? I accepted the title, and from that moment I was known as Count Peter.

It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ultimate lack of control over the world we live in. Mountains that demand humility, and yield so much peace in return.

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.

Making people laugh is magic. I feel like if you have humility, then you can do anything in comedy.

An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.

Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved to California. That's not to say humble people don't exist there, but ambition seems really important.

If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business.

Humility is the armour that you clothe yourself with throughout your life. We demean each other rather than lift up ourselves.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit, and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.

A little humility never hurts.

If every moment is sacred, and If you are amazed and in awe most of the time when you find yourself breathing and not crazy, then you are in a state of constant thankfulness, worship and humility.

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swing. You lay it all on the line.

Join me in my quest for a greater understanding of our existence. Join me in my desire for a greater self. Join me as I seek the humility to love and understand my fellow man.

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.

It is true that I have been studying both humility and pride for many years for the purpose of weakening pride in my own life and cultivating humility by the grace of God.

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.

Humility is of central importance, I think it's an underappreciated virtue in the contemporary discussion of law and politics.

But I still feel like a normal person... I've walked the streets and I know what it feels like. I speak with humility, and apparently those songs connect with people.

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

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

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man's idolatry, while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.

Think not that humility is weakness, it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer, bow thyself and become invincible.

Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn.

Nothing is worse than a beautiful girl fishing for compliments by saying how gross she is. On the flip side, I find genuine humility and modesty attractive.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.

I think that's the ultimate sign of a teammate and respect is that they compete against one another so hard at practice that here's a chance to share some knowledge inside. It takes some humility to do that.

Learning to accept failure on multiple levels is, to my way of thinking, the key to become a world-class therapist. But that means humility, and setting your ego aside, while you develop superb new technical skills.

Humility is considered an un-masculine quality.

I don't think there's any reason in journalism not to approach stories we cover with humility, empathy, compassion, and intellectual openness. I mean, I think those are just important human traits. I don't think that precludes scrutiny, negativity, where it's appropriate.

Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.

A certain degree of intellectual humility is a good thing.

Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless.

When you know in your bones that your body is a sacred gift, you move in the world with an effortless grace. Gratitude and humility rise up spontaneously.

It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.

On a film crew, you can see very quickly that some people who are working with you are stronger than you. Then you have to have the humility to listen to them. And because very often they have better ideas than yours, it can be tough on the evil ego. But it makes a better film.

Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.

I think some of the funniest and most artistic people I know are the ones who had a hard time at school. They often have humility and artistry. So, as much as I feel bad for kids who have to go through a rough childhood, I believe that if they can turn it around, it's going to make them better people later on.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.

There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world.

All spiritual things are to be treated with sacred dignity. Humility and meekness are in accordance with the life of Christ, but they are to be shown in a dignified way.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

I've worked on my game, and I don't think it has any holes, no weaknesses. I say that with humility because you can always work to get better. But I run inside, I run outside, and I'm just not a guy you have to take off the field for certain packages.

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I watch 'Batman & Robin' from time to time. It's the worst movie I ever made, so it's a good lesson in humility.

I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

Recognizing your talents doesn't mean believing they're limitless. Accepting your strengths doesn't lead to pride, but instead to humility, you're less likely to resent what others have if you understand your own bounty.

The most important thing is that you treat everybody incredibly well and lead with a bit of humility. I've found that when I go into a company to lead, it's important to have a plan and to make that plan a simple one that everybody can understand.

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.

Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

I beg the Most High to allow me the favour of the double reward, but if God only finds me worthy of one reward, I will accept it in all humility.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

True humility is contentment.

With the help of the Holy Ghost, we can watch over ourselves. We can pray to recognize and reject the first thoughts of sin. We can pray to recognize a warning not to speak words which would hurt or tempt someone else. And we can, when we must, pray for the humility and the faith to repent.

The world of Manhattan is small and tightly knit, and the man on top retains a certain humility. He knows how far and fast he can fall by looking at the guy across the street. The view from the $250,000 apartment covers a lot of ground, most of it condemned.

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.

It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

It's near impossible to always be right when you're innovating. It's easy to get emotionally invested in it, but you need to monitor its impact like a hawk and react if you don't like what you see. And if/when you pull it back, you want to do that communication with transparency and humility.

You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint.

But when one believes that you've been appointed by God for a particular mission in history, you have to be very careful about that, how you speak about that. Where is the self-reflection in that? Where is the humility in that?

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

The way we approached Meru, and the way we approach a lot of these mountains, is with humility. A sense of, 'Is it going to give us passage?' Your mental attitude can affect the outcome.

Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel.

There's a belief that you're supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don't see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

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

Judge yourself, if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St. Paul says. But it must be a real sense of your own sinfulness, not an artificial humility.

In ethics, there is a humility, moralists are usually righteous.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

You can fail in films because you don't have the talent, or you have too much humility, or you lack ferociousness. I'm a gangster. If I want something, I'll grab it.

If we learn not humility, we learn nothing.

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

Far more books get written about how to get more people in your church than how to get the people already in your church to have more humility and sincere love.

Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue.

One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.

I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed me the most was his humility.

Judges have to have the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent, shaped by other judges equally striving to live up to the judicial oath.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

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

I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the way that other people see it.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

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

Humility may well be one of the most difficult of the fruit of the Spirit to be cultivated in us - and to maintain. That's because without humility, it's not likely that you will put your complete trust in God.

This is the deal: we are happy to single out people as superior just as long as they don't accept the description themselves. We want heroes and idols, but we also want egalitarianism, and that requires proclamations of humility from our gods.

True humility is expressed in deeds, not words. The humble are those who truly walk the same ground as everyone else - not necessarily with grovelling, hunched backs, but certainly not lording it over others, either.

I make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It's more sociological, and it's funny anyway - not that serious. It's not like false humility. I just take it for what it is.

The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.

I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.

When you step out there on the field as a corner in our system, you have to be ready to play because humility is one week away.

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.

A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.

When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.

We tend to lack humility toward love, to patronize it rather than bow before it, to put mundane considerations before the emotional need to hold someone in our arms.

Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss.

Charter hired me - which, to be honest, took some humility on its part, since I have helped lead public campaigns against cable companies like Charter - to advise it in crafting its commitment to network neutrality.

Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.

I think that listening to music or creating music is a spiritual undertaking, so the process of creating music, you know, involves listening. It involves sensitivity, it involves humility, you know, and then also it's something which is higher than words.

Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.

What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me.

Humility is always a good thing. It's always a good thing to be humbled by circumstances so you can then come from a sincere place to try to deal with them.

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

At times, Mario Cuomo seemed to have the humility of a Jesuit and the goals of an emperor.

Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.

Humility is not a trait I often associate with America.

I don't doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong's spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.

Humility is preserved when I give credit where credit is due - to God.

Jesus told us to learn from him how to be meek and humble of heart. We must look at his life if we are to have any concept of what humility is all about.

I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.

I have seen humility in many of the finest leaders I have met the world over. And indeed, it is embodied in the warm, engaging and quintessentially successful spirit of Sir Richard Branson.

If there is one thing I have learned on this incredible journey we call life, it is this: the sign of a truly successful individual is humility.

Nobody likes to lose power or reach a point of humility.

I can tell you that I never aspired to be president. I always honour something that Commander Chavez told us: that while we were in these posts, we must be clothed in humility and understand that we are here to protect the man and woman of the streets.

My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, 'Humility is strength,' in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil.

I was a production assistant. I saw what people who are full of themselves are like - another reason not to lose your humility! I have a mouth on me so I wasn't the best P.A.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense, to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever befall, that His will is good, and that His law is right.

If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

Film and stage are very different, I don't necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be.

Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility.

Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance, and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now.

There is no international problem that can be addressed or solved without the engagement and leadership of the United States and everybody in the world knows that, its just fact of life. So sometimes I think we could conduct ourselves with a little more humility.

One thing that golf teaches you is humility.

Animal rights activists talk about cruelty and torture, some backing their assertions by publishing out-of-date photographs of 'experiments' banned long ago. This is a misrepresentation. The work we do is performed with compassion, care, humanity and humility. I have never seen an animal suffer pain.

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.

A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

Obama is capable - as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him.

Pope Francis has stressed humility and austerity - a far cry, according to many, from the predecessor's bling and Ferragamo shoes - those were pretty entertaining. And he's translating all of that into a policy agenda.

Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.

Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

It was pride that changed angels into devils, it is humility that makes men as angels.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

Humility is a good estate, founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?

There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.

Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?

May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

I have a healthy amount of humility.

Now that I have and I'm not a have-not, I've learned how important it is to maintain humility.

If I'm appearing on 'Raw,' then I'm usually there to help sell tickets to something, and that's when you see the 'HBK' Shawn Michaels come out. At panels, I can be more open and honest and show some more humility. They don't want me talking about my family on TV, but I can in a panel setting.

You have to have a little humility if you're Danish because you're never going to be able to travel outside the country unless you can speak another language.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

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

Humility is attentive patience.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.

Guerrilla leaders win wars by being paranoid and ruthless. Once they take power, they are expected to abandon those qualities and embrace opposite ones: tolerance, compromise and humility. Almost none manages to do so.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the words spoken by Jesus Christ, who preached naught but love and mercy and justice and humility.

Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help you in acting. For acting, humility isn't the best thing. It'll weaken your work.

Humility's a real thing - not just a fine name for laziness.

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

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

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

If I had any humility I would be perfect.

If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.

If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.