humility Quotes

“He does not know my other faults, else he would not have mentioned only these.”

― Epictetus, Enchiridion

“To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.”

― James Joyce, Ulysses

topic:life learning humility

“Those who live alone do not speak too loud nor write too loud, for they fear the hollow echo”

― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science

topic:loneliness humility

“The last proceeding of reason is to recognise that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it.”

― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

topic:reason humility

“I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people.”

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

topic:humility people

“My fellow Americans, I stand before you today, humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices born by our ancestors.”

― Barack Obama, Inaugural Address

topic:trust humility

“it is impossible for anyone to set out to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

― Epictetus, Discourses

topic:knowledge learning humility

“If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

topic:work humility importance

“all the fruit I have reaped from my learning serves only to make me sensible how much I have to learn.”

― Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

topic:learning humility

“Modern science has been a voyage into the unknown, with a lesson in humility waiting at every stop. Many passengers would rather have stayed home.”

― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot

topic:science humility

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