Grow Stronger Through Humility Quotes
Pride builds walls; humility builds men. The man secure enough to admit he is wrong learns faster than the man who cannot afford to be. This Character path holds history's wisest quotes on humility and staying teachable. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
“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.”
“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.”
“I am still learning.”
“You won't learn if you think you already know everything.”
“We find comfort among those who agree with us, growth among those who don't.”
“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.”
“Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant.”
“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.”
“I know that I know nothing.”
“Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.”
“Admitting one's own faults is the first step to changing them, and it is a demonstration of true bravery and integrity.”
“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh, at yourself.”
“Spend so much time on the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.”
“Always take your job seriously; never yourself.”
“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.”
“If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.”
“Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”
“Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit.”
“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.”
“Stay humble or be humbled.”
“Be humble always and identify with the common man; even when success and achievements want to make you proud.”
“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.”
“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.”
“A great man is always willing to be little.”
“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”
“A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.”
“Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.”
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
“Teach thy tongue to say, 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.”
“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.”
“Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.”
“Men who know little say much - men who know much say little.”
“Arrogance diminishes wisdom.”
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”
“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues.”
“Always remember that so-called negative feedback is often love in disguise.”
“Ego is the enemy.”
“Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength.”
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”
“There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.”
“Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.”
“Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.”
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
“He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”
“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.”
“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”
“The further I get, the more I regret how little I know.”
“Life is a long lesson in humility.”
“The less a man thinks or knows about his merits, the more we like him.”
“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.”
“Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
“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.”
“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.”
“He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.”
“The first test of a truly great man is his humility.”
“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
“Nobody cares about what you did in the past. Results matter where you are now.”
“A wise man is humble, knowing that there is always more to learn.”
“Every man I meet is in some way my superior, and in that, I can learn of him.”
“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.”
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”
“Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something.”
“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.”
“The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.”
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
“I do not like that man. I must get to know him better.”
“The biggest fool is one who knows everything.”
“Pride builds walls between people, humility builds bridges.”
“Don't be cocky. Don't be flashy. There's always someone better than you.”
