#humbling

In the tide of these wild thoughts we checked our fancy, remembering that only on the rare grains called planets can life gain foothold, and that all this wealth of restless jewels was but a waste of fire. ↗

— Olaf Stapledon

#impermanece #life #stars #life

You buy a house and you get it checked out and you feel like you've kind of made your mark here in some way. And then an act of God just comes up the coast and has the potential to just completely wipe it clean. Weather like that is certainly humbling. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#buy #certainly #checked #clean #coast

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#delusions #humbling #humility #means #real

Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling. ↗

— Michael Giles

#came #cult #five #following #grew

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled. ↗

— Dale Murphy

#athletes #cancer #constantly #courage #fight

I loved acting when I was doing it, but getting the jobs I didn't understand because I'd never had to do it. That was a difficult lesson for me. It was very humbling and very bizarre. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#because #bizarre #difficult #doing #getting

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#feels #help #himself #honor #humbled

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing. ↗

— Charley Pride

#experience #humbling #me #performing

It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#humbling #know #legacy #you #your

I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#buildings #business #card #could #created