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What are some famous quotes about being humble and not complacent?

Those who are humble and humble are the beginning of virtue; those who are violent and treacherous are the beginning of disaster. ——Lin Bu

A gentleman is arrogant but not arrogant, and a villain is arrogant but not arrogant. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Zilu"

If you have good achievements, you will not be happy with your position. ——"The Family Sayings of Confucius·Disciple's Practice"

If you give in to one, you will get a hundred, if you compete with ten, you will lose nine. ——Mr. Ma

If it is empty, it will be dull, if it is medium, it will be upright, and if it is full, it will be shaking. "Confucius' Family Sayings: Three Forgivenesses" From the latter, others come first; from the bottom, others rise. ?——Yang

You want to be knowledgeable, but you want to be fluent in practice. ——Wei Zheng

If you want to know the past, you must accept the rumors. ——"Taiping Guangji·Flattery"

Beauty can only be called beautiful if it is combined with humility. Beauty without modesty is not beautiful, at most it can only be good-looking. ——Cervantes

Humility will be loved by everyone over time, but pride will become a lonely person over time. ——Proverb

The career of fruits is noble, the career of flowers is sweet; but let me do the career of leaves, which hang their green shade humbly and attentively. ——Tagore

A prudent person is good for himself and a virtuous person is good for others. ——Voltaire

Proud people often use pride to cover up their cowardice. ——Hardy

Humility is the highest form of self-denial. ——Shakespeare

Pride is a diligent "guide" who specializes in bringing ignorant and shallow people into the door of satisfaction and arrogance. ?——Proverbs

Small knowledge makes people proud, but rich knowledge makes people humble. Therefore, the hollow ears of grain proudly raise their heads to the sky, while the full ears of grain lower their heads to the earth and its mother. ——Anonymous

The most important ingredient of courage is caution. ——British Proverb

Strength can overcome poverty, but caution can prevent misfortune. ——Jia Sixie

What I know more than others is that I know that I am ignorant. ——Socrates

People should not be arrogant. Arrogance will blossom and bear the fruit of destruction. During the harvest season, there will be unstoppable tears. ——Aeschylus

Generals must not be arrogant. Being arrogant will lead to disrespect, being disrespectful will cause others to leave, and people leaving will lead to rebellion. ——Zhuge Liang

Pride and complacency are a terrible trap for us, and this trap is dug by ourselves. ——Lao She

A truly humble gentleman is a person who remains humble not when he is praised but when he is scolded. ?——Din Paul

Most scientists hate superlative adjectives and exaggeration. Great people are generally modest and cautious. ——Beveridge

If a person with keen vision and profound knowledge can admit his limitations, he will not be far from perfection. ?Prudence and humility of mind are the only virtues. ——Stendhal

We should be humble, because neither you nor I can achieve much. We are all just passers-by, completely forgotten a century later. Life is too short to bore people by talking about our small achievements. Let us encourage others to talk more. ?——Dale Carnegie

It doesn’t take long for anyone’s credit to be ruined. Even if you are an extremely cautious person, just by occasionally neglecting or following the rules, such a good reputation can be ruined immediately. Therefore, it is extremely important to develop the habit of being cautious. ——Dale Carnegie

When we are greatly humbled, that is when we are closest to greatness. ——Stendhal

A truly knowledgeable person is just like your ears of wheat: as long as they are empty, they stand tall and look up; but when they mature, they are full of bulging grains. At this time, they lowered their heads humbly and did not show their sharpness. Similarly, after all attempts and explorations, human beings have been unable to find anything solid and reliable in this complicated knowledge and various things except emptiness, so they abandoned their pretentious mentality and Acknowledged his original position. ——Montaigne

A lack of humility is a lack of insight. ——Franklin

Humble people will become noble. ——Leonardo da Vinci

If a person does not overestimate himself, he will be much higher than he estimates. ——Goethe

Complacency, arrogance and credulity are the three major dangers of life. ——Balzac

Humility, prudence and non-self-interest are virtues praised by people, but also ignored by people. ——Mo Luoya

People should be humble, but not inferior.

——Yao Lesi Kalki