All Quotes By Tag: Humility
“While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.”
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“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.”
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“Learning isn’t acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.”
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“The greatest wisdom consists in knowing one’s own follies.”
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“The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one’s own accord – it feels great – but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop.”
“The problem with thinking that you are the absolute best, is that it leaves no room for you to become any better and while you live life thinking that you’re the best, truth is a lot of people around you are already better and becoming even more better.”
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“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
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“Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.”
“Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not!”
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“To lead is to serve. Conversely, to serve is to lead. And if either of these elements are removed from the equation, we’ll soon find that we’re doing neither.”
“Without as much as a single question, legions of geese lift themselves to autumn’s skies, obediently heeding the distant call of southern horizons. And I think that it’s less the magnificence of their trek, and more about the humility of their obedience to the trek. For if I was left with a single prayer to utter, it would be to be more like them.”
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“Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.”