"Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion."
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Humility Quotes
"To respect a mystery is to make way for the answer."
"Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don't."
"Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy."
"There’s no reason to not be humble, because as great as you may be, you can always be greater."
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."
"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."
"The greatest wisdom consists in knowing one's own follies."
"You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time."
"Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?"
"The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth."
"Life is a long lesson in humility."
"Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality."
"I am not the moon orbiting around your planet; I am the sun that will burn through your frozen mind."
"Have more humility. Remember you don't know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life – and maybe even please a few strangers."
"I’m sure I am wrong about many things, although I’m not sure exactly which things I’m wrong about. I’m even sure I’m wrong about what I think I’m right about in at least some cases."
"Your success should create a path that inspires others to follow."
"We must not allow our pride to be the motivation behind our apologetics; rather, philoverity, the love of truth must be the full and complete motivation. For pride corrupts truth."
"True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility."
"A person feels the pain in judicious proportion to the sensitive nature cherished in own world; otherwise there is enough fun, happiness, enjoyment and pleasure in life."