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Humility Quotes
"When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all."
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"Who is considered a great man is the one who can be the smallest of the small."
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"Making oneself large involves intentionally making oneself small."
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"Never believe you are the best, but believe you are one of the best."
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"Humility carries less weight and it makes things float. Pride is weighty and it makes things sink! It takes humility then for a 'ship', regardless of how loaded it is, to float on the surface of the 'sea'. And it takes pride for the 'small stone' to sink when dropped into the 'sea'! Go with humility then!"
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"We can learn personal humility from episodes that generate shame and guilt. After retiring from worldly affairs and drawing useful lessons from personal disgrace, we must resume living an expedient life devoted to appreciating truth, beauty, and love."
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"We' (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) would never say to anyone, 'listen to me!' because that is indeed not under his control."
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"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."
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"Conscious humility is the decision to live from our hearts."
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"The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them."
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"I laboured hard at my book, without allowing it to interfere with the punctual discharge of my newspaper duties; and it came out and was very successful. I was not stunned by the praise which sounded in my ears, notwithstanding that I was keenly alive to it, and thought better of my own performance, I have little doubt, than anybody else did. It has always been in my observation of human nature, that a man who has any good reason to believe in himself never flourishes himself before the faces of other people in order that they may believe in him. For this reason, I retained my modesty in very self-respect; and the more praise I got, the more I tried to deserve."
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"Smugness is the Great Catholic Sin."
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"It is only through faith that you will receive the patience, obedience, and humility to be submissive."
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"We may be little, insignificant servants in the eyes of a world motivated by efficiency, control and success. But when we realize that God has chosen us from all eternity, sent us into the world as the blessed ones, handed us over to suffering, can't we, then, also trust that our little lives will multiply themselves and be able to fulfill the needs of countless people?"
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"Never try to prove that you are right or superior. Let the Lord Himself fight for you."
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"The entire path of the Vitraag Lords (the enlightened one) is one of humility (vinaya). The practice of humility (vinaya dharma) begins from Hindustan (India). There are endless practices of humility, starting from putting two hands together (in the gesture of Namaste) to prostrating. And ultimately when one attains absolute humility (param vinaya), he attains moksha (ultimate liberation)."
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"Nothing will be attained from actions of hundreds of thousands of lives. Moksha (liberation) is attained through 'absolute humility' (param vinaya). The 'gates of understanding' are opened with 'absolute humility'. 'Absolute humility' arises only when the ego is dissolved."
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"You will get closer to the truths only when you start thinking this way: My religion is not the best religion, my country is not the best country, my culture is not the best culture, and my life is not the best life! The more you move away from arrogance, pride and prejudice, the more you will get closer to the truth!"
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"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."
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"There is no problem to relish pride when people praises you but at the same time, one must also be of the opinion that 'this should not be so'."
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"The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret."
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"An ocean which thinks there is nothing to learn from a lake is not a wise ocean!"
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"There's a very fine line between being broke and being humble."
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"Experience prefers humility."
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"Humility and full consciousness are inseparable."
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"People have this dream of being unreachable. They build a name for themselves and then finally fulfill their dream of "being more important." Which just shows they were born from down below. Because when you're born from up above, your dreams have nowhere to go but downwards! And you dream of doing things in order to meet people, to know them, to understand the smallest importances!"
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"Insistence on one's own opinion can never lead to attainment of Moksha [Ultimate Liberation]. Only those who are free of insistence will attain Liberation."
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"You don't have to boast for work that speaks for itself."
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"In Vitrag-Vignan [science of vitraag lords, the enlightened ones] there cannot be the slightest of the [wrong] insistence; moreover, there can be no insistence on one's own opinion."
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"It is the fool who declares 'I am ascending the summit,' while he's toddling around in the ditch."
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"From the moment you realize, 'I am the most worthless person in this world'; you become valuable."
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"The Celestial (Heavenly Gods) become pleased with the one who isn't hungry for fame and recognition. The whole world can be pleased with us, but because of our hunger they are not pleased with us."
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