Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Even if one conquers many worlds, a humble person can defeat them all.
In plain terms
A humble person can beat any conqueror.
What can you take from it?
Humility defeats great power.

Where it applies

  • faceing arrogance
  • moral lessons
  • philosophical debate

Putting it to work

  • value humility
  • respect the humble

Questions to consider

  • Is humility stronger than force?
  • What truly conquers others?

Another view

Physical conquest does not always equal defeat.

More from Thomas Dekker

  1. A wise man poor Is like a sacred book that 's never read,- To himself he lives, and to all else seems dead. This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a t…

    Permalink to quote #1
  2. To add to golden numbers golden numbers.

    Permalink to quote #3
  3. Honest labour bears a lovely face.

    Permalink to quote #4

Related quotes

  1. If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us; if we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll welcome us.

    George W. BushGeorge W. Bush quote #30
  2. One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.

    Genghis KhanGenghis Khan quote #1
  3. I feel an army in my fist.

    Friedrich von SchillerFriedrich von Schiller quote #1