Quotes courtesy of Henrik Edberg/Positivity Blog
“Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning.”
Gza
“Without humility there can be no humanity.”
John Buchan
“The humble listen to their brothers and sisters because they assume they have something to learn. They are open to correction, and they become wiser through it.”
Thomas Dubay
“There is beauty and humility in imperfection.”
Guillermo del Toro
“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”
Socrates
“Life is a long lesson in humility.”
J.M. Barrie
“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.”
Aaron Lauritsen
“As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.”
C.S. Lewis
“I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.”
Hermann Hesse
“The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.”
John Ruskin
“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”
Saint Augustine
“A little humility goes a long way.”
Dean Ornish
“There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
“As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don’t think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, ‘I’m probably no better than you, but I’m certainly your equal.”
Harper Lee
“Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.”
Colin Powell
