Grow Stronger Through Humility Quotes
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“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.”
“He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.”
“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”
“The further I get, the more I regret how little I know.”
“A great man is always willing to be little.”
“I know that I know nothing.”
“I am still learning.”
“Always take your job seriously; never yourself.”
“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her or him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
“Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit.”
“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh, at yourself.”
“Be humble always and identify with the common man; even when success and achievements want to make you proud.”
“There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.”
“If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.”
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”
“The best leaders are humble enough to admit their mistakes and strong enough to correct them.”
“The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.”
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues.”
“Don't be cocky. Don't be flashy. There's always someone better than you.”
“Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant.”
“Arrogance diminishes wisdom.”
“Nobody cares about what you did in the past. Results matter where you are now.”
“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”
“Spend so much time on the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.”
“Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”
“The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so.”
“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.”
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
“A wise man is humble, knowing that there is always more to learn.”
“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.”
“Always remember that so-called negative feedback is often love in disguise.”
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”
“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid instead of trying to be very intelligent.”
“Stay humble or be humbled.”
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.”
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”
“He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”
“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
“One of the things I tend to do is open myself up to a variety of voices. I try to expose myself to the kind of culture shock that occurs when you talk to people who speak a different language.”
“I have tried so many things that I thought were true, and found out that I was wrong, that I have quit being too sure about anything.”
“The first test of a truly great man is his humility.”
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.”
“Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
“Teach thy tongue to say, 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.”
“Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.”
“Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something.”
“I do not like that man. I must get to know him better.”
“True greatness is most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind.”
“Men who know little say much - men who know much say little.”
“The less a man thinks or knows about his merits, the more we like him.”
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
“The biggest fool is one who knows everything.”
“The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.”
“Pride builds walls - humility builds bridges.”
“Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
“Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.”
“Admitting one's own faults is the first step to changing them, and it is a demonstration of true bravery and integrity.”
“Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.”
“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”
“We find comfort among those who agree with us, growth among those who don't.”
“Life is a long lesson in humility.”
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.”
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
“Every man I meet is in some way my superior, and in that, I can learn of him.”
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.”
“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.”
“Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.”
“You won't learn if you think you already know everything.”
“It ain't what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.”
