Humble Quotes
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Some very dull and sad people have genius though the world may not count it as such; a genius for love, or for patience, or for prayer, maybe. We know the divine spark is here and there in the world: who shall say under what manifestations, or humble disguise!
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Reading recent history is good to humble yourself, and also to feel some hopefulness that there is progress.
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There is a God! the sky his presence shares, His hand upheaves the billows in their mirth, Destroys the mighty, yet the humble spares And with contentment crowns the thought of worth.
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Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.
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We must not drift away from the humble works, because these are the works nobody will do. It is never too small. We are so small we look at things in a small way. But God, being Almighty, sees everything great. Therefore, even if you write a letter for a blind man or you just go sit and listen, or you take the mail for him, or you visit somebody or bring a flower to somebody-small things-or wash clothes for somebody, or clean the house. Very humble work, that is where you and I must be. For there are many people who can do big things. But there are very few people who will do the small things.
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I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.
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Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
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As young cook, especially in France, they're very tough in the kitchen. The idea is to make you humble and learn fast.
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Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.
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Drama is promised to everyone no matter how humble you are.
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The pretence that numbers are not the humble creation of man, but are the exacting language of the Universe and therefore possess the secret of all things, is comforting, terrifying and mesmeric.
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Be humble. Be yourself.
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The more knowledge (of deen) you have the more humble you should be. Instead you are becoming judgemental.
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No task is so humble that it does not offer an outlet for individuality.
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The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know.
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Remember this, you don't have to be important or special or glamorous; all you actually need is success and pleasure from whatever it is that you choose to do with your life. You don't have to become something in the eyes of others, you only have to become something in your own reality. From this humble attitude flows a sweet serenity which comes naturally from personal healing and spiritual reconciliation.
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I'm a real stubborn person. I'm still humble, not too cocky, but I'm big headed. I know what I wanna do and I know how I wanna do it and I know what needs to be done.
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It is some kind of miracle that all knitting is constructed of only two stitches: knit and purl. Sure, you throw in some yarn overs, and sometimes you knit the stitches out of order, but when it really comes down to it, knitting is simplicity. The most incredible gossamer lace shawl ... the trickiest aran ... a humble sock ... each just made with knit and purl.
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As natural and easy as it has been to be proud, it must become natural for us to be humble.
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It is satisfying following such an emphatic victory over the current unbeaten champion (Lucian Bute) to know that there's a lot of people eating humble pie.
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Always enter like a kitten and leave like a lion. But NEVER enter like a lion and leave like a kitten. Always be humble.
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Mom always got me to school and the driving range while Dad was working. She also kept me quiet and humble. Both of them taught me to let my golf do the talking.
