Ed Parker Quotes

If you're not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

Everybody needs to lower his ego.

Be humble, or you'll stumble.

People become concerned with being more humble than other people.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.

How do I stay humble? Because I'm the best at being humble.

I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.

I have to humble myself.

A little humility never hurts.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, 'Does this suck?' and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, 'I'm on fire, I'm amazing!' and I don't think that's the way to work.

I certainly had an arrogant streak. And I certainly was defensive in certain cases. Maybe I'm still arrogant, but I try not to be.

Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.

I had it in my mind: to be confident, and to keep saying that until the confidence appeared. But I took it too far. Confidence did help make me champion, but, man, I took it to a whole different level. I was a megalomaniac. I was not humble and it eventually came back on me. So I want my kids to know, keep humbleness and kindness in their hearts. It will prevail.

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

God, give me a good humiliation every day. It's good for the soul and it's good for the ego.

I need to look like an idiot at least twice a day to keep myself humble.

If anyone would like to acquire humility, the first step is to realize one is proud. Nothing can be done before it.

To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.

Yes, I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant.

Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world- one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content. I fear that this is only too true.

If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections.

If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you are not conceited, it means that you are very conceited indeed.