John Templeton Quotes About Humility

Quotes about: Humility

• If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

  John Templeton

  Inspirational, Humble, Optimistic

• I grew up Presbyterian. Presbyterians thought the Methodists were wrong. Catholics thought all Protestants were wrong. The Jews thought the Christians were wrong. So, what I'm financing is humility. I want people to realize that you shouldn't think you know it all.

  John Templeton

  Christian, Humility, Thinking

• The opposite of humility is arrogance--the belief that we are wiser or better than others. Arrogance promotes separation rather than community. It looms like a brick wall between us and those from whom we could learn.

  John Templeton

  Wall, Humility, Opposites

• In my 45-year career as an investment counselor, humility did show me the need for worldwide diversification to reduce risk. That career did help me to become more and more humble because statistics showed that when I advised a client to buy one stock to replace another, about one-third of the time the client would have done better to ignore my advice. In other endeavors, humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely.

  John Templeton

  Humble, Optimistic, Humility

  "Sir John Templeton: Mixing Science, Religion, and Humility" by T George Harris, sirjohntempleton.org. September 01, 2001.

• Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely.

  John Templeton

  Wisdom, Encouragement, Humility

  "In his own words". Interview with Eric Kirzner, www.theglobeandmail.com. 2004.

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