"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

Humility, Success, God, Discovery

0

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

Explore more quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

"It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God."

God, Lonely, Play, Trying

"Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other."

Thought, Wind

"Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."

Friendship, Courtesy, Tact

"Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children."

Truth, Children, Pretty, World

"The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."

Man, Men, Advice, Books

"Stupidity often saves a man from going mad."

Man, Stupidity

"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold."

Friendship,

Exlpore more Humility quotes

"Any man who behaves arrogantly with what little he knows, or claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing. Real greatness does not reside inside those who feel large. The truly wise are meek."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Humility, Arrogance, Knowledge, Wisdom

"It's no shame in reaching second or third base if you aimed for first base."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Humility, Shame, Reaching, Base, Effort

"As long as man has pride, he will appear unattractive and no one will be attracted to him. He may have a handsome face, his pride makes him unattractive."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Humility, Pride, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"Humility is the greatest shaper of souls and crafter of character, for it wipes away all the grandiose things that we spend so much of our lives pretending to be, so that we can spend all of our lives being the exceptional person that we were actually created to be."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Humility, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Inspirational

"From the moment you realize, 'I am the most worthless person in this world'; you become valuable."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Humility, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom, Life

"But the Egotist is stuck somewhere between his hidden triad of pride, fear, and insecurity; he is forever fighting to prove himself, instigating battles the Humbleman has unwittingly conquered, already sealed some time ago. Yes, the day he finally accepts face-to-face such an irony as humility - the irony that humility is indeed the mother of giants, that great men, having life so large, as needed, can afford to appear small - the world will then know peace."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Humility, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Inspirational

"If a person does five samayiks (introspective meditation) he will say, 'I did five'- and this is how he will taste the sweetness of the subtle-pride of doership. Actually what he should say is, 'it was due to God's grace that I was able to do five samayik'. He should not taste the sweetness of subtle pride of doership."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Humility, Truth, Inspirational, Power, Wisdom

"Great people do not struggle for their position."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Humility, Greatness, Position, Struggle

"The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Humility, Learning, Improvement, Secrets

"A person who is humble would never be abusive or selfish, so don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Humility, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

0

Standard

Customized

Explore more quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

"It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God."

"Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other."

"Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust."

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."

"Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth."

"Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."

"Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children."

"The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."

"Stupidity often saves a man from going mad."

"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold."

Exlpore more Humility quotes

"Any man who behaves arrogantly with what little he knows, or claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing. Real greatness does not reside inside those who feel large. The truly wise are meek."

"It's no shame in reaching second or third base if you aimed for first base."

"As long as man has pride, he will appear unattractive and no one will be attracted to him. He may have a handsome face, his pride makes him unattractive."

"Humility is the greatest shaper of souls and crafter of character, for it wipes away all the grandiose things that we spend so much of our lives pretending to be, so that we can spend all of our lives being the exceptional person that we were actually created to be."

"From the moment you realize, 'I am the most worthless person in this world'; you become valuable."

"Great people do not struggle for their position."

"The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret."

"A person who is humble would never be abusive or selfish, so don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care."