Quotes about Humility
Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.
— John Maxwell
If you pair excellence with humility, people not only won't run over you, they will respect you.
— John Maxwell
Paul the Apostle exhorted, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." 74 Make a mental and emotional commitment to look out for the interests of others.
— John Maxwell
God, when I am wrong, make me willing to change. When I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank.
— John Maxwell
It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it." —Stephen Covey
— John Maxwell
La humildad no es negar sus fortalezas. La humildad es ser sincero acerca de sus debilidades". —Rick Warren
— John Maxwell
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
— John Maxwell
No matter how much I know (or think I know), I can learn from this situation.
— John Maxwell
Ambassador and poet Henry Van Dyke observed, "There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
— John Maxwell
Only a leader who has followed well knows how to lead others well. Good leadership requires an understanding of the world that followers live in. Connecting with your people becomes possible because you have walked in their shoes. You know what it means to be under authority and thus have a better sense of how authority should be exercised. In contrast, leaders who have never followed well or submitted to authority tend to be prideful, unrealistic, rigid, and autocratic. "Civilization
— John Maxwell
I love the story about the shortest letter to the editor written to England's newspaper the Daily Mail. When the editor invited readers to send in their answers to the question, "What's wrong with the world?" writer G. K. Chesterton is reputed to have sent the following: Dear Sir, I am. Yours sincerely, G. K. Chesterton.
— John Maxwell
I have had to let go of my need to be right and focus on the greater need to do right.
— John Maxwell