H Quotes
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“Humility and resignation are our prime virtues.”
Source: The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations
“Humility and self-restraint is the True Objective of Kenpo”
“Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you.”
“Humility and suffering free a man from all sin; for the first cuts out spiritual passions, and the latter bodily.”
“Humility and Trustworthiness are not rooted only in Presentation, Voice modulation or Nice Jorgan
but in Actions and Intentions that speak louder than you do and they last longer”
“Humility arises as you acknowledge and embrace your need for and your dependency on God.”
Source: Talk To Jesus
“Humility before the flower at the timber line is the gate which gives access to the path up the open fell.”
“Humility begins with seeing who God is, seeing yourself compared to God, and then seeing yourself as God sees you.”
“Humility bids us to take ourselves as we are; we do not have to be cosmically significant to be genuinely significant.”
“Humility can give everything to God. Everything comes from the source, everything returns to the source.”
“Humility can weep over other men's weaknesses, and joy and rejoice over their graces.”
Source: The select works of ... Thomas Brooks
“Humility cannot be taught by propaganda, though slavery can. Shouting for humility is a form of arrogance. One of my most abiding recollections is of a priest at a religious occasion once roaring, in the most threatening way imaginable:
‘O our Lord God, we most humbly pray…!’
Real humility is not always the same as apparent humility. Remember that fighting against self-conceit is still fighting: and that it will tend to suppress it temporarily. It does not cure anything.
Remember, too, that humility itself does not bring an automatic reward: it is a means to an end. It enables a person to operate in a certain manner.”
“Humility cannot exist without love, and love cannot exist without humility. It is impossible for these virtues to exist except where there is great detachment from all created things.”
Source: The Way of Perfection
“Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire to be known or admired by others, but wishes to plunge from himself into himself, to become nothing, as if he had never been born. When he is completely hidden to himself in himself, he is completely with God”
“Humility comes from how you come at the world. Confidence comes from how you come at yourself.”
“Humility comes from understanding that the obstacles in front of you are not going to go away.”
“Humility comes through awareness of the depths of yourself.”
Source: Time to Save Medicine
“Humility comes when we are tested on the areas of our strength while excellence from the areas of our weakness.”
“Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.”
Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“Humility consists of knowing that in this world the whole soul, not only what we term the ego in its totality, but also the supernatural part of the soul, which is God present in it, is subject to time and to the vicissitudes of change. There must be absolutely acceptance of the possibility that everything material in us should be destroyed. But we must simultaneously accept and repudiate the possibility that the supernatural part of the soul should disappear.”
“Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.”
“Humility does not consist in hiding our talents and virtues, or in thinking of ourselves as being worse than we are, but in realizing that all we are and all that we have are gifts bestowed upon us by God!”
“Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . . . The pain of genuine humility doesn't agitate or afflict the soul; rather, this humility expands it and enables it to serve God more.”
Source: The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2
“Humility does not live in the prison of illusion that says that this world is a dark and terrible place. Those perceptions are phantoms; everything is eternity, God, divine.”
“Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in harmony with our true nature and allows us to taste the freshness of the present moment.”
“Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.”
“Humility does not mean to think yourself less, but to less think of yourself.”
“Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.”
Source: Come unto Christ
“Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.”
“Humility doesn't mean hiding in the corner and pretending you are not strong. Humility means to be what you are.”
“Humility drives open-mindedness and keeps you hungry for knowledge, facts, and data—the very elements of reality.”
Source: Make It, Don't Fake It: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success
“Humility empties us of ourselves so that we can be filled with all of the things that we would otherwise never realize we had missed.”
“Humility enables us to learn from each other.”
“Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason.”
“Humility exists only in those who are poor enough to see that they possess nothing of their own.”
“Humility feels that there is someone, somewhere who can do anything I can do better - except one thing: no one can be better at being me.”
“Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“Humility, gratitude, and generosity – three things you can never go wrong with.”
“Humility grounds a person in the realization that life is not always fair, yet it can be manageable. Genuinely humble people are psychologically secure because they do not require others to dote on them, nor do they try to position themselves for favored treatment. Even as they lay down the wish to play God, they also choose not toe allow another human to assume the position of a god over them.”
Source: Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me: How to Recognize And Manage the Narcissists in Your Life
“Humility has nothing to do with depreciating ourselves and our gifts in ways we know to be untrue. Even "humble" attitudes can be masks of pride. Humility is that freedom from our self which enables us to be in positions in which we have neither recognition nor importance, neither power nor visibility, and even experience deprivation, and yet have joy and delight. It is the freedom of knowing that we are not in the center of the universe, not even in the center of our own private universe.”
“Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will.”
Source: Cast of Characters: Lost and Found: Encounters with the Living God
“Humility has the toughest hide.”
Source: The Portable Nietzsche
“Humility has to precede instruction.”
Source: Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers
“Humility has tremendous power. Think of Gandhi. That was humility in action. He changed the shape of an entire nation.”
“Humility helps us come to terms with what we cannot know. Patience takes the edge off when the hurt continues. Empathy is the gift that connects us with others. Forgiving ourselves for having such perfectly human reactions is harder than forgiving whatever caused them.”
Source: The Five Gifts: Discovering Hope, Healing and Strength When Disaster Strikes
“humility holds the key that opens many doors..”
“Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.”
“Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever afford to think that you're the bee's knees, because you could always afford to be better. You have to always be searching for something better.”
“Humility is a byproduct of enduring success.”
“Humility is a choice”