humility Quotes

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.