Motivational Quotes

Humility

Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.

- Arndt, Ernest Moritz

Best Quotes about Humility

When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.

Ali, Muhammad

If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.

Ted Turner

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.

Burton, Robert

I confess that altruistic and cynically selfish talk seem to me about equally unreal. With all humility, I think whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might, infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbor as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself, and equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor; you must be living with your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.

Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. [Philippians 2:3]

Bible

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

Ali, Muhammad

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Confucius

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

Madam Guizot

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Without humility there can be no humanity.

Buchan, John

11.

Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel safe: Only in reverently bowing down before the higher does a person feel exalted.

Carlyle, Thomas

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When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.

13.

Too much humility is pride.

Proverb, German

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Be it ever so humble, there's no opinion like one's own.

15.

Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this worlds marvels

Bonder, Rabino Nilton

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The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.

Orton, Joe

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What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.

Baldwin, Monica

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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

Augustine, St.

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The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

Ruskin, John

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The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

Phaedrus

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Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.

Thoreau, Henry David

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In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.

William Shakespeare

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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

Pope, Alexander

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Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.

Arndt, Ernest Moritz

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The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.

Billings, Josh

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Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.

Lombardi, Vince

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In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

Kanye West

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I am no more humble than my talents require.

Oscar Levant

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One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de)

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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Confucius

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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.

Mccloy, John (Jay)

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Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Beethoven, Ludwig Van

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With all humility, I think, Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. Infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbor as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing, you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself, and equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor: you must be living in your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.

Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell

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A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.

Ruckett

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The cross is the invincible sanctuary of the humble.

Cass, Eli

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I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.

Edith Sitwell

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Humility is indeed beatness, a compulsory virtue that no one exhibits unless he has to.