Umar Quotes

Don't let your heart get big because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the scholar.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

If we learn not humility, we learn nothing.

Arrogance diminishes wisdom.

It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.

If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know.

A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.

We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

One thing that I've learned is that you don't have to be a prima donna or think you are better than other people in order to succeed.

My personal growth stems from the humility with which I navigate the world, namely with a reverence for all of the knowledge that I've yet to learn but that is out there available to me.

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.

A little humbling never hurt a great advocate.

People can overlook any shortcoming, but they will not tolerate arrogance.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.

Humility is the first step towards learning. You can’t learn until you are humble enough to realize there is something for you to learn.

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.