top of page
.png){kind=small}
"No one's life will be harder because I exist."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Humility quotes
"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."
"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."
"I don't know how to talk to you, Mrs. Huntingdon . . . you are only half a woman - your nature must be half human, half angelic. Such goodness overawes me; I don't know what to make of it."
"All of yesterday's ballers are today's road sweepers."
"We all need to humble ourselves from time to time and expose ourselves to new perspectives and ideas, even those of the non-experts, or else our growth potential gets weighed down with the ignorance of ego and habit."
Explore more quotes by Chris Matakas
"Freedom from the thinking mind is our underlying goal for most of human activity."
"We are only different because there exists something to be different from, and it is this difference that bonds us."
"Jiu Jitsu has given me something to pursue. We all need something to work towards. For people, as well as every piece of matter in the universe, there is no such thing as maintenance. If you are not growing you are decaying. The insidious nature of modern times is that it is so easy not to pursue anything. Societal norms pressure us into jobs we do not like, and the daily comforts of televisions and computers offer much in the way of distraction. If that isn't enough, there is always the numbing effects of alcohol coupled with attention-grabbing sporting events which conveniently run year round so one is never short of stimulus."
"We must strive to become more daily. We must honestly assess our weaknesses and overcome them. We must work toward the highest possible version of ourselves. This is a worthy use of our time, but it is only when we do so with the ultimate aim of service to our fellow man that we really connect with something greater than ourselves. To contribute to the world in a positive way, this is the gift of life."
"We can lose the roll, we can lose position, but we can constantly strive to win the moment."
"The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of."
"I have always found that effort is most easily produced when performed for the benefit of something external to ourselves."
"Anyone can be tough for a season. It takes a special kind of human to rise to life's challenges for a lifetime."
"When you realize you are no longer made of glass, you lose the desire to demonstrate that fragility in others."
bottom of page