John Jewel Quotes

If we learn not humility, we learn nothing.

John Jewel

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• May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • May
  • True
  • Humility

• People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Life
  • Peace

• I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Simple
  • Individual
  • Humility

• I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Believe
  • Children
  • Nature

• Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Love
  • Struggle
  • For Him

• The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • People
  • Fall
  • Humility

• I talk about millennials with a healthy dose of humility, as I'm a card-carrying member of Generation X. But I have daily interaction with young people at Dana Perino & Co., through my Minute Mentoring organization, with digital friends on social media, and especially at Fox News.

  

  Dana Perino
  • People
  • Friends
  • Daily

• 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.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Time
  • Real
  • Truth

• 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.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Life
  • Journey
  • Humility

• There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Work
  • Stars
  • Humility

• In life, we all struggle and strive to make progress. When will you know you've reached success? A billion dollars is a good sign, but there's a better one - humility.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Life
  • Good
  • Success

• I am a method actor, but I'm also a film actor as well as a method actor. Characters that don't have humility, whether they are heroes or villains, are hard to relate to. All characters in every aspect of what we do should have humility. If they don't, then they're a cartoon character.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Film
  • Actor
  • Humility

• If you have doubt about a person's humility or smarts, don't ignore it. More often than not, there is something causing that doubt.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Doubt
  • Humility
  • Ignore

• Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Important
  • Courage
  • Humility

• I have seen humility in many of the finest leaders I have met the world over. And indeed, it is embodied in the warm, engaging and quintessentially successful spirit of Sir Richard Branson.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • World
  • Humility
  • Warm

• Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Good
  • Personality
  • Humility

• Help others.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Help

• There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

  

  Vanity
  • Life
  • Practice
  • Doubt

• The most important criterion is this: hire someone whose character and humility and attitude you would like to have reproduced in your church and in yourself.

  

  John Ortberg
  • Important
  • Character
  • Church

• In order to learn true humility (I use this expression to describe the state of mind under discussion), it is good for a person to withdraw from the turmoil of the world (we see that Christ withdrew when the people wanted to proclaim him king as well as when he had to walk the thorny path), for in life either the depressing or the elevating impression is too dominant for a true balance to come about. Here, of course, individuality is very decisive.

  

  Soren Kierkegaard
  • Learn
  • Balance
  • Christ

• During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.

  

  Bart Starr
  • Great
  • Business
  • Football

• I do not believe that people want to work hard enough and they want to find the quick Twitter, SEO. Anybody who's obsessed with SEO has lost already, period. I believe that firmly.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• I have been a scrappy actor for 10-plus years, and when you're playing supporting roles, your relationship with the costume designer is very different.

  

  Katherine Waterston
  • Different
  • Relationship

• If we learn not humility, we learn nothing.

  

  John Jewel
  • Humility