Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
When you use the power of empathy, love and kindness to heal the humanity, it dances with joy, gratitude, and humility.
Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.
humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.
It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3)
If there is one thing I have learned on this incredible journey we call life, it is this: the sign of a truly successful individual is humility.
It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be our progress, and the more real our humility.
I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed me the most was his humility.
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
The chief means of resisting manipulation is humility – knowing who we really are and facing it. You can only serve by love. You can only love by choice. True love cannot be the result of decree, force or manipulation. Jesus always kept his strengt...
Power is to be used in the service of others and only secondarily, if at all, for the benefit of oneself.
I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swing. You lay it all on the line.
Respond to critics with humility. Most people are experts in finding problems with whatever others do. That should not be a surprise to you.
Real humility is graceful power, not a mandate to be victimized and abused.
Humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell.
Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
just show a little humility. If you know your weaknesses you will not be enslaved by them.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.
