Grow Stronger Through Humility Quotes

“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

“You won't learn if you think you already know everything.”

“I am still learning.”

“Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant.”

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”

“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”

“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The further I get, the more I regret how little I know.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength.”

“Every man I meet is in some way my superior, and in that, I can learn of him.”

“Always remember that so-called negative feedback is often love in disguise.”

“Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit.”

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

“I do not like that man. I must get to know him better.”

“Spend so much time on the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.”

“We find comfort among those who agree with us, growth among those who don't.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.”

“The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.”

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.”

“Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”

“Consider the people who routinely disagree with you. See how confident they look while being dead wrong? That’s exactly how you look to them.”

“The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.”

“The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.”

“Don’t claim you’re changing the world until you’ve changed it.”

“Don’t be ashamed of needing help. You have a duty to fulfill, just like a soldier on the wall of battle.”

“I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.”

“The key to success is to approach everything with humility. To know that there is always something new to learn in this surreal art of being human.”

“All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.”

“Humility is the realization that those who came before you paved the way. Never fool yourself into thinking that your success is just your own.”

“When you lose, talk little. When you win, talk less.”

“Take the competition seriously, but not yourself.”

“Have the humility to confront failure and get help.”

“Lose without excuses. Win without boasting.”

“Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out they don’t.”

“Knowing the edge of your competency is important. If you think you know more than you do, you will get in trouble.”

“We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God’s sake.”

“The first sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act great.”

“Ask for help. Not because you are weak. But because you want to remain strong.”

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded in time, danger may be averted; if it is suppressed, a fatal distemper may develop.”

“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.”