Humble Quotes - Page 30

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

[A] truly humble spirit humbles itself as much amid honors as amid insults, acting like the honeybee which makes its honey equally as well from the dew that falls on the wormwood as from that which falls on the rose.

Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking his own righteousness, and living really and purely upon the righteousness of Christ.

An humble soul looks upon Christ's righteousness as his only crown.

Never be proud but show humility towards others, true wisdom lies in being humble.

Draw, draw, hundreds of drawings. Try to remain humble. Smartness kills everything.

Professions of humility are the very cream, the very essence of pride; the really humble person wishes to be, and not to appear so. Humility is timorous, and starts at her shadow; and so delicate that if she hears her name pronounced it endangers her existence.

America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity to all citizens, no matter how humble their background, so they could climb higher, help build the American dream, and leave a better life for those who follow.

Science seeks the truth. And it does not discriminate. For better or worse it finds things out. Science is humble. It knows what it knows and it knows what it doesn’t know. It bases its conclusions and beliefs on hard evidence -­- evidence that is constantly updated and upgraded. It doesn’t get offended when new facts come along. It embraces the body of knowledge. It doesn’t hold on to medieval practices because they are tradition.

To be humble is to be teachable.

The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.

Patience is timing, just being humble and being the most quiet person in the room.

So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.

Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.

We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.

If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about other people's opinions. Be humble and you will never be disturbed. Remember St. Aloysius, who said he would continue to play billiards even if he knew he was going to die. Do you play well? Sleep well? Eat well? These are duties. Nothing is small for God.

Truth is beautiful and divine no matter how humble its origin.

One may be humble out of pride.

Each man has to seek out his own special aptitude for a higher life in the midst of the humble and inevitable reality of daily existence. Than this, there can be no nobler aim in life.

Thankfulness is a humble, open and prayerful attitude that helps you receive more of God's grace.

Nothing will prepare you for singing the truth like about 35 years in the music business, financial troubles and a couple trips to jail, ... It will get you really humble and really truthful, and gets you ready to sing out about who and what saved you.

Do the rhetorical quarrels of bourgeois political parties have anything to do with the interests of the humble and downtrodden?

[On George H.W. Bush:] By 1990 I had learned that I had to defer to him in conversation and not to stint the praise. If that was what was necessary to secure Britain's interests and influence, I had no hesitation in eating a little humble pie.

Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps us nasty.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.