64 Beautiful Humility Quotes And Sayings
Humility is the quality of having a modest or low view of one’s importance.
1. If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
Ted Turner
2. Humility is a strange thing – the minute you think you got it, you've lost it.
E.D. Hulse
3. If you plan to build a tall house of virtues, you must first lay deep foundations of humility.
Augustine
4. Humility is the best form of warfare; it is the only thing the enemy cannot do
Keri Harvey
5. There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.
Alfred Austin
6. When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
Ansel Adams
7. Humility and grace live in the heart of the person who is not proud of their incredible accomplishments, but instead, is grateful for their incredible opportunities.
Doe Zantamata
8. A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.
Ron Fournier
9. Humility is a sign of greatness. arrogance is a sign of weakness.
Shaun
10. People that put themselves above others will fall longer and harder.
Gina Lindley
11. I accept with humility and with great enthusiasm the mandate you have given me.
André Boisclair
12. True humility is strength, not weakness. It disarms antagonism and ultimately conquers it.
Meher Baba
13. Humility is a natural symptom of those who love God.
Radhanath Swami
14. To be a leader means to have humility, to have respect and to serve the people that we are leading. And that type of character, that type of integrity not only brings real fulfillment to our own hearts, but also has a great
effect on the lives of all the people around us.
Radhanath Swami
15. Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that’s where humanity is now: about to discover we’re not as smart as we thought we were, will be forced by life to surrender our attacks and defenses which avail us of nothing, and finally break through into the collective beauty of who we really are.
Marianne Williamsons
16. Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.
Madam Guizot
17. All streams flow to the ocean because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.
Lao Tzu
18. Exercise humility. Keep in mind that there's always someone superior than you. Even a child can teach you something new
Anonymous
19. What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead
Nelson Mandela
20. Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
Harold Warner
21. Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. Saint Augustine
22. Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
Thomas Merton
23. Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble
Andrew Murray
24. People are always looking for Humility fake or real, they don't care. When truth is, you don't have to teach a humble man how to be himself
Anonymous
25. Humility isn't denying your strengths; it's being honest about your weaknesses.
Rick Warren
26. Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator. Yogi Berra
27. Dialogue cannot exist without humility.
Paulo Freire
28. Humility is nothing else but a right judgement of ourselves.
William Law
29. Pride is about my glory, humility is about God's glory
Anonymous
30. Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.
Ken Blanchard
31. Self confidence is very important. But without compassion and humility, it's just arrogance
Anonymous
32. Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility
Anonymous
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33. Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie
34. We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Rabindranath Tagore
35. Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility.
Jonathan Edwards
36. Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the State, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars.
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
37. Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
Fran Lebowitz
38. Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Timothy Keller
39. Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
Rick Warren
40. Hold strong to your convictions. Remain humble in your speech. Let your ACTIONS tell you story
Anonymous
41. There's a thin line between Confidence and Arrogance… Its called Humility. Confidence smiles.
Arrogance smirks
42. True humility is staying teachable, regardless of how much you already know
Anonymous
43. Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others
Gordon B. Hinckley
44. Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.
Vanna Bonta
45. Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
Ezra T. Benson
46. EGO kills knowledge, as knowledge requires learning, and learning requires humility.
Rolsey
47. The best of people is the one who humbles himself; the more his rank increases
Anonymous
48. He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature
Anonymous
49. Humility is the wisdom of accepting the truth that you might just be wrong.
Richard Paul Evans
50. To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is NOT a brilliant mind that speaks, but a special heart that listens
Anonymous
51. Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
William Penn
52. It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Saint Augustine
53. Work Hard Stay Humble
Anonymous
54. Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
G.K. Chesterton
55. I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
John Ruskin
56. We are in no position to judge. Anyone. For anything. We are no further deserving than anyone else. In anything. Humility
Anonymous
57. Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful
Anonymous
58. There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
Henri Frederic Amiel
59. Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
Camille Pissarro
60. These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one’s self. To mind one’s own business. Not to want to manage other people’s affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be kind and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one’s dignity. To choose always the hardest
Mother Teresa
61. We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully.
Mother Teresa
62. Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit
Anonymous
63. True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
C.S. Lewis