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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
Humility Motivational Quotes



Best Quotes about Humility

1.
Be it ever so humble, there's no opinion like one's own.

2.
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

3.
I am no more humble than my talents require.
Oscar Levant

4.
The loss of one's dignified bearing is often sudden.
Jerry Van Amerongen

5.
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

6.
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Augustine, St.

7.
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)

8.
Too much humility is pride.
Proverb, German

9.
They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.
Burton, Robert

10.
You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility.
Lois McMaster Bujold

11.
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

12.
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

13.
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
Ted Turner

14.
Without humility there can be no humanity.
Buchan, John

15.
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Ali, Muhammad

16.
Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.
Arndt, Ernest Moritz

17.
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

18.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. [Philippians 2:3]
Bible

19.
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

20.
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Confucius

21.
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
Edith Sitwell

22.
The cross is the invincible sanctuary of the humble.
Cass, Eli

23.
If you are right, take the humble side -- you will help the other fellow. If you are wrong, take the humble side -- and you will help yourself.

24.
When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.
Ali, Muhammad

25.
A man who is at the top is a man who has the habit of getting to the bottom.
Rogers, Joseph E.

26.
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

27.
Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.
La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

28.
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

29.
Too humble is half proud.
Proverb, Yiddish

30.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
Beethoven, Ludwig Van

31.
Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.
Davis, Joe

32.
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.
Nietzsche, Friedrich

33.
The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.
Phaedrus

34.
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

35.
Modesty is the citadel of beauty.
Demades

36.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.

37.
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de)

38.
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
Titus Maccius Plautus

39.
The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
Sheen, Fulton John

40.
Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
Jules Renard

41.
If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.
Pascal, Blaise

42.
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
Arliss, George

43.
Humility is indeed beatness, a compulsory virtue that no one exhibits unless he has to.
Burroughs, William S.

44.
One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

45.
The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.
Orton, Joe

46.
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
Nielsen, Helen

47.
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Howe, Edgar Watson

48.
Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.
Madam Guizot

49.
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

50.
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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