There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.
Patience is timing, just being humble and being the most quiet person in the room.
I would say that the study of history is that which gives man the greatest optimism, for if man were not destined by his Maker to go on until the Kingdom of Heaven is attained, man would have been extinguished long ago by reason of all man's mistakes and frailties.
Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.
No amount of praise should go to your head. You should always remain humble.
The more humble and transparent a leader is, the more effective he or she will be.
Sport has given me drive and discipline. It also taught me to remain humble.
When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't.
I just want to keep working hard, stay humble, and keep trying to win games.
Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they've gotten their ass kicked before.
Now repentance is no fun at all. It is something much harder than merely eating humble pie. It means unlearning all the self-conceit and self-will that we have been training ourselves into for thousands of years. It means undergoing a kind of death. In fact, it needs a good man to repent. And here's the catch. Only a bad person needs to repent: only a good person can repent perfectly. The worse you are the more you need it and the less you can do it. The only person who could do it perfectly would be a perfect person - and he would not need it.
If you're humble in defeat, everyone may still kick you, but they won't kick you as much.
I'm always asked, 'What's the secret to success?' But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.
I am humble enough to recognize that I have made mistakes, but politically astute enough to know that I have forgotten what they are.
I want to stay humble and not sound cocky. But at the same time I don't want to be the little high schooler.
Walk humbly but walk confidently. People want to follow confident, humble leaders.
When paying charity, one should smile and be humble, allowing the hand of the indigent to be above the giver's hand.
I look for people who have drive, who have ambition, who are humble. I've hired many people at very strange places.
I just want to make it very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for everything!
I was only aggressive with my game play. I was not aggressive with people. My personality was just as humble as I can be out there.
Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.
The best route is to stay humble and stay true to yourself.
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud.
Feeling superior doesn't make one superior. Hubris does not humble others.
Be humble, don't have too much pride and think you're too good for anything.
We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.
If you will be humble and ask God what to do, I promise you that he will always prepare a way for your deliverance.
He who is humble easily obeys everyone, fears to offend anyone, is at peace with everyone, is kind with all.
Whoever is humble to men for God's sake, may God exalt his eminence.
If we humble ourselves before the Lord, He will lift us up... He will. That's His promise.
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.
Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.
Draw, draw, hundreds of drawings. Try to remain humble. Smartness kills everything.
In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life.
Everyone was poor. We were satisfied with a life that was simple and humble. We were a peaceful, open people.
The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.
The companies we admire are like the people we admire: resilient, authentic, personable, collaborative, ambitious, and humble.
Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.
I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.
We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.
Krishna exalts those who are humble and humbles those who exalt themselves.
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
I have learned that the biggest stars and the greatest players are the most humble ones, the ones who respect people the most.
Luckily enough I've got great people around me to keep me humble and grounded.
When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility.
The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know.
I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?
It's good to try and stay humble and down to earth, despite media and social media.
Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps us nasty.
Lion chasers are humble enough to let God call the shots and brave enough to follow where He leads.
Stay excited and stay humble and good things will come.
She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship.
I'm not boasting or nothing but a lot of people have a lot of love for me. I'm a legend, but I stay H and H, hungry and humble.
To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.
Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.
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