Humility Quotes
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Humility Quotes & Sayings
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PARAPHRASE: Genius is not that you are smarter than everyone else. It is that you are ready to receive the inspiration.
— Albert Einstein
Humility is what we want other people to have.
— Mariah Nelson
With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
— Oliver Goldsmith
Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
— John J. McCloy
Be humble and set the balls of your dreams rolling till God himself decides what next! As for "pride", allow it to go as a lone ranger!
— Israelmore Ayivor
Humility, never me; it is a characteristic I expect to find in other people.
— Elizabeth Taylor
We prefer humility in others - and if we prefer it in others - we can soon prefer it in ourselves.
— Frederick Lenz
When ideas become gods, consciousness of harmony becomes devotion, humility, and hope.
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Wisdom starts in humility.
— Akemi G
I did not pray for any relief, but I prayed for strength to suffer with courage, humility and love.
— Brother Lawrence
Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.
— Pope Francis
We never move on from the cross. We only get a more profound understanding of the cross.
— C.J. Mahaney
deep humility. There is nothing the arrogant hate more.
— Stephen Harrod Buhner
Humility is a virtue that one can find, in which God in heaven rejoices ,and in His love he enfolds you, close to his heart He does bind.
— Henrietta Newton Martin
Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart.
— Napoleon Hill
What will be the crown of those who, humble within and humiliated without, have imitated the humility of our Savior in all its fullness!
— Bernadette Soubirous
Greatness is a two-faced coin - and the reverse is humility.
— Marguerite Steen
A man who knows what it is to have humility is a vain man.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
Growing old is humbling and it takes effort to accomplish this stage of life with dignity.
— Kilroy J. Oldster
Practice radical humility. He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated ...
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
False humility is more insulting than open pride!
— Brandon Mull
Integrity comes not from privilege, textbooks, or profession, but from being grounded in humility.
— Charles F. Glassman
Pride will tell you, you don't need crutches, but humility is more powerful than pride.
— Lorilyn Roberts
When allowed to return to the class, your feelings of humility and lonesomeness will render you a much finer student and person.
— Naomi Shihab Nye
Humility is probably the most difficult virtue to realize.
— Thomas Yellowtail
I am open to comments, I accept with with all humility, or at least what I can muster at short notice.
— Neil Leckman
Nietzsche tended to equate the memorable with the painful.
— Harold Bloom
As long as you are proud, you cannot know God.
— C.S. Lewis
It takes just a litte attitudinal slip to show a big pride.
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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[T]o really try to be informed and literate today is to feel stupid nearly all the time, and to need help.
— David Foster Wallace
If you really have humility when you love, there is only one thought: "What can I do for my beloved?"
— Frederick Lenz
I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had.
— Gary Vaynerchuk
The walls you put between yourself and other people doesn't just keep them away, it also keeps God away.
— Shannon L. Alder
A humble coward is better than a proud warrior.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
With every day that passes I am more convinced that the act of writing is a concious act of humility.
— Roberto Bolano
The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.
— David Halberstam
Some people are so impoverished all they have is gold.
— Michelle Moran
Humble me so I do what is right. Break me so I cling to You. Expose me so my motives stay pure.
— Alisa Hope Wagner
Development is a voluntary process. You need a positive decision to make the right steps, but it starts with introspection.
— Thomas L. Friedman
The ring always believes that the finger lives for it.
— Malcolm De Chazal
Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.
— Charles Koch
Running is always an exercise in humility.
— Kristin Armstrong
Godly fear, faith, and humility is the true threefold cord that can't easily be broken (see Ecclesiastes 4:12).
— John Bevere
Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seenand once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible. — Parker J. Palmer
Humility is first, second and third in Christianity.
— Saint Augustine
Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real
— Thomas Merton
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
— Adam Clarke
Modest humility is beauty's crown.
— Friedrich Schiller
If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.
— Katerina Stoykova Klemer
I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.
— Helen Keller
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
— Mahatma Gandhi
It's probably possible to gain humility by means other than repeated humiliation, but repeated humiliation works very well.
— Mark Vonnegut
...love is as much an art as painting or living; it requires practice, finesse, determination, humility, energy and delicacy.
— Hannah Mary Rothschild
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
— B.K.S. Iyengar
Modesty is the citadel of beauty.
— Demades
Enjoy the mountains; they have beauty and wisdom for us if we approach them with humility, respect, and knowledge.
— Charles Houston
Peace can only be achieved by a contrite spirit, open communication and tolerance.
— Shannon L. Alder
Pride is the archenemy of ministry.
— Beth Moore
Humility means coming to the root of the matter, honestly looking at yourself and saying: "This is me for better or for worse."
— Frederick Lenz
Submission is not in the bowing of heads or knees but in the humbling of your whole being (spirit, soul and body)
— Ikechukwu Izuakor
Humility is a natural symptom of those who love God.
— Radhanath Swami
I've grown more OK with mystery as I've gotten older.
— Matt Chandler
Some forty years of experience in my field as a scholar and as a teacher have given me great confidence mixed with greater humility.
— George Sarton
He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.
— Paul C. Nagel
True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility; the other kind of will is weakness disguised by bluster and ambition.
— Ryan Holiday
Imagination takes humility, love and great courage.
— Carson McCullers
I see in Jesus not only the supreme act of humility in God, but the supreme act of humanity in God.
— William Porcher Dubose
Humility fears not humiliation.
— John Spencer Yantiss
He found his voice in the silences, where he could sing as loud and as long as he wanted with no one to complain of it.
— Geraldine Brooks
Humility is a Quality not a Weakness
— Paul Gitwaza
Being business minded requires you to always approach things with humility and respect.
— Strive Masiyiwa
Church is not meant to be fun. It's meant to be formative.
— Matt Chandler
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
I respect the decision of others.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Inside that Colonel, there's a private that needs to be cuddled and held just like the rest of us." Hawkeye
— M*A*S*H Episode Guide Team
O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.
— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Do not confuse humility with humiliation.
— Alan Cohen
The company owner doesn't need to win. The best idea does.
— John C. Maxwell
