Humility Quotes

The fate of warnings in political affairs is to be futile when the recipient wishes otherwise.

~ Barbara W. Tuchman

Foolish defiance was his lifelong response to being ill.

~ Paul C. Nagel

Quite possibly, this depressive illness was the familiar sort that grew from perfectionist expectations.

~ Paul C. Nagel

Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others.

~ H.w. Brands

He had the ruthlessness of uninterrupted success.

~ Barbara W. Tuchman

Let us retreat when we can, not when we must. Lord Chatham

~ Barbara W. Tuchman

Happiness is always on the other side of being teachable.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Folly is a child of power.

~ Barbara W. Tuchman

To be great, practice simplicity and express humility.

~ Debasish Mridha

Those who consider themselves good teachers probably aren't.

~ Joseph Epstein

I love the vastness of the ocean. I love its serenity, tranquility, humility, and purifying power.

~ Debasish Mridha

It would be better to be deceived a hundred times than to live a life of suspicion.

~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

One world leader warned another the error of relying on the capability you have rather than developing the capability you need.

~ Ron Suskind

Those that are too refined to be simple need to be refined again.

~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.

~ Stephen L. Carter

Purple prose attracts attention more than converts.

~ Jeffrey Toobin

It's one thing to admire a man's work. It's another to get your picture in the paper doing it. General Clayton

~ M*A*S*H Episode Guide Team

Policy was not reconsidered because the governing group had no habit of purposeful consultation.

~ Barbara W. Tuchman

I write poetry, worry, smile,laughsleepcontinue for a whilejust like most of usjust like all of us;sometimes I want to hug allMankind on earthand say,god damn all this that they've brought down upon us,we are brave and goodeven though we are selfishand kill each other andkill ourselves,we are the peopleborn to kill and die and weep in dark roomsand love in dark rooms,and wait, andwait and wait and wait.we are the people.we are nothingmore.

~ Charles Bukowski

I write poetry, worry, smile,laughsleepcontinue for a whilejust like most of usjust like all of us;sometimes I want to hug allMankind on earthand say,god damn all this that they've brought down on us,we are brave and goodeven though we are selfishand kill each other andkill ourselves,we are the peopleborn to kill and die and weep in dark roomsand love in dark rooms,and wait, andwait and wait and wait.we are the people.we are nothingmore.

~ Charles Bukowski

JFK to RFK: To survive in politics, you sometimes have to be willing to make fun of yourself.

~ Robert Dallek

There is no middle ground for the selfless and the selfish.

~ Tara Estacaan

It is not great counts God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus.

~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

My own spirit, soul, and body are my nearest machinery for sacred service.

~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The very precariousness of weather excites a large amount of earnest prayer.

~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I like to introduce myself, because THEN I can get in all the facts. The usually self-deprecating John Hay on the ironic formality of signing his own commission as Secretary of State.

~ John Taliaferro

He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself.

~ John Taliaferro

If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues.

~ John Taliaferro

Possibly, there was something to be said for the intellectual discipline of second-guessing what you thought was true.

~ Kwame Anthony Appiah

Don't think you are irreplaceable, or the world will end when you are gone

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

The more unworthy you feel yourself to be, the more evidence have you that nothing but unspeakable love could have led the Lord Jesus to save such a soul as yours. The more demerit you feel, the clearer is the display of the abounding love of God in having chosen you, and called you, and made you an heir of bliss.

~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

. A gentle tug on the leash and I would adjust myself quickly. I never questioned it. I knew that she knew where we were going and I never once looked back. Sometimes God does that too. He reminds us not to get too headstrong so that we remain humble and attentive to Him. He knows where He is taking us.

~ Kate Mcgahan

Size and elaboration were often mistaken for importance.

~ Stephen L. Carter

In brokenness comes beauty, divine fragility.

~ Mercyme

People who are easily embarrassed – those who blush too often and too soon – usually end up retreating from excellence.

~ Joseph Bottum

To wish to withstand the Holy Spirit would be the one unforgivable sin.

~ Karl Barth

Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.

~ Rick Pitino

The Book that made the nation was destroying the nation.

~ Mark A. Noll

You can recognize a saint by the wounds they don't disguise.

~ Jason Gray

God gave us feelings to feel them, not to judge them. He is the Judge.

~ Jason Gray