Quotes about hum
humanity contribution oneself
The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself. Frank Herbert
humble dark spotlight
Stay true in the dark, and humble in the spotlight. Harold B. Lee
human-nature communism figures
The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it. Jesse Ventura
humanity trying balance
The success of the Starbucks has been based on this balance between profitability and a social conscience. Everywhere we're doing business, were trying to manage the business through the lens of humanity. Howard Schultz
humility anti-bullying suffering
Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness. Honore de Balzac
humorous men expression
In Paris, the greatest expression of personal satisfaction known to man is the smirk on the face of a male, highly pleased with himself as he leaves the boudoir of a lady. Honore de Balzac
humility body modesty
Modesty is the conscience of the body. Honore de Balzac
human needles pins
He can feel things now that he previously couldn't feel, pins and needles at times and also being able to feel human touch, Sanjay Gupta
human imagined realized touched
He realized that he was the first human being she'd ever seen. He was touched in a way that he hadn't imagined he could be.
humorous health doctors
Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn't organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals. Ivan Illich
humanity timber made
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, nothing completely straight was ever made Isaiah Berlin
humble pages audacious
My love was both humble and audacious, like that of a page for his lady... Isak Dinesen
humor tragedy pants
Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn. Irvin S. Cobb
humans understood oneself
to be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right. Iris Murdoch
humility humble trying
Do not try to be humble: learn humility. Idries Shah
humble pins pretension
Oh, for a pin that would puncture pretension! Isaac Asimov
humorous all-time-low world
Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world. Isaac Asimov
humanity sides economics
Economics is on the side of humanity now. Isaac Asimov
humility tolerance world
The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility. Irena Sendler
humanity als timber
Aus so krummen Holze, als woraus der Mensch gemacht ist, kann nichts ganz Gerades gezimmert werden. Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made. Immanuel Kant
humility pride order
Humility is often merely feigned submissiveness assumed in order to subject others, an artifice of pride which stoops to conquer, and although pride has a thousand ways of transforming itself it is never so well disguised and able to take people in as when masquerading as humility. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
humility gains power-over-others
Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
humility sacrifice wish
Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
humility pride order
Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
humility form conceit
Humility is the worst form of conceit. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
humble people want
Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
humility pride men
Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a more calculated sort of pride. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
humility pride defects
Without humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them from others, and often from ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
humility voice silence
The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric. Francis Quarles
humility pride light
The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth. Francis Quarles
humility pride self
Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death. Hugh Laurie
humor safety saving
I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor. Horatio Nelson
humble use modesty
Modesty is of no use to a beggar. Homer