122 quotes
“The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.”
— William Wordsworth
“I am still learning.”
— Michelangelo
“The learned man knows that he is ignorant.”
— Victor Hugo
“The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.”
— Lao Tzu
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of our ignorance.”
— Confucius
“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.”
“When you drink the water, remember the spring.”
— Unknown
“To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
“When the world pushes you to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray.”
“All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruin.”
— Ovid
“When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.”
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”
— Rumi
“The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.”
“The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster”
— David Hume
“Live simply so that others may simply live”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.”
“That man is wisest who realizes that his wisdom is worthless.”
— Plato
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
— Book of Proverbs
“If heaven had granted me five more years I could have become a real painter”
— Katsushika Hokusai
“Do not worry about holding high family position. Worry about playing your proper family role.”
— Dorothy Day
“Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.”
— Nicolas Chamfort
“He that is down needs fear no fall.”
— John Bunyan
“That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness, these are the real heroisms.”
— Swami Vivekananda
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
— Socrates
“Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility and the beginning of all wisdom”
— Simone Weil
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists.”
“Thou hast given so much to me, give one thing more — a grateful heart.”
— George Herbert
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants”
— Isaac Newton
“If all mankind were to disappear the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago”
— E.O. Wilson
“When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'”
“The position of the artist is humble he is essentially a channel”
— Piet Mondrian
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
“The world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful.”
— Wendell Berry
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”
“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows without the humility of wonder”
— Epictetus
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.”
— Vietnamese Proverb
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex”
— E.F. Schumacher
“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”
— Aristotle
“Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh! let thy grace supply.”
— James Merrick
“The whole visible world is only an imperceptible atom in the ample bosom of nature. No idea approaches it.”
— Blaise Pascal
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory.”
— Nelson Mandela
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.”
— Persian Proverb
“The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.”
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
“The real leader has no need to lead — he is content to point the way.”
— Henry Miller
“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
“The wise are not learned; the learned are not wise.”
— Laozi
“If you want to improve be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists when his work is done they will say we did it ourselves”
“One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.”
“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.”
“The faults of others we write upon sand, our own virtues we write in marble.”
— Thomas More
“To know what you know, and to know what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”
“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.”
— Montesquieu
“I know that I know nothing.”
“I do not think I know what I know.”
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, they will say: we did it ourselves.”
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
“Who is wise? He that learns from every one. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“Ignorance teaches courage, while learning teaches humility.”
— Alexander Pope
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.”
“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.”
— Vandana Shiva
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts. Peace requires humility.”
— Bertrand Russell
“If all mankind were to disappear the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago if insects were to vanish the environment would collapse into chaos”
“To lead the people, walk behind them.”
“To know, is to know that you know nothing.”
“The more I read the more I acquire the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
— Voltaire
“To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”
“We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.”
— Saint Augustine
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.”
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
— Thomas à Kempis
“Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury — to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone.”
“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.”
“When we become aware of our humility, we have already lost it. Thus we may be most truly grateful when we are not aware that we are grateful.”
— Thomas Merton
“The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.”
“Just because you are CEO do not think you have landed life is an unpredictable thing”
— Indra Nooyi
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion; bewilderment is intuition.”
“A truly knowledgeable person does not deny what they know.”
— Xunzi
“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
— Meister Eckhart
“I no doubt deserved my enemies but I do not believe I deserved my friends”
— Walt Whitman
“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.”
— Thomas Huxley
“Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one.”
— Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
“The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.”
“I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.”
“To lead people walk behind them.”
“The more you know, the more you realize you do not know.”
“God has two dwellings: one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.”
— Izaak Walton
“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders it is good to remember that the planet is carrying you”
“The only thing I know is that I know nothing.”
“Just because you are CEO do not think you have landed the job is not about the corner office”
“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.”
— Robert Hand
“I do not think that I know what I know.”
“One who is grateful for small things receives great things.”
— Saadi Shirazi
“It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know wonder and humility”
— Rachel Carson
“A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. True peace needs no crown.”
— Frederick the Great
“Who has not served cannot command.”
— John Florio
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