Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride, nor your humility without wisdom.
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. For a man who claims to have knowledge, while actually knowing nothing, is less smart than you, who claim to know nothing.
Pride divides the men, humility joins them.
One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.
The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn’t whether you will make them, it’s what you will do about them. It’s whether you will choose the path of humility and courage or the path of ego and pride.
One has to be alone, under the sky, Before everything falls into place and one finds his or her own place in the midst of it all. We have to have the humility to realize ourselves as part of nature.
A humble man is not afraid of failure. In fact, he is not afraid of anything, even himself, since perfect humility implies perfect confidence in the power of God.
Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall. The ground is where humility lives. Take it. Learn it. Breathe it in. And then come back stronger, humbler and more aware of your need for Him. Come back having seen your own nothingness and His greatness.
They ask me how I’m doing. I say better than I deserve.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I’m just an entertainer.
Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.
Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you have all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don’t.
Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.