Motivational Quotes

Humility

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

- Edith Sitwell

Best Quotes about Humility

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

Titus Maccius Plautus

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

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

Edith Sitwell

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

Too humble is half proud.

Proverb, Yiddish

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

Arndt, Ernest Moritz

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

Mark Twain

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

Confucius

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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Modesty is the citadel of beauty.

Demades

11.

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

Burton, Robert

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

Ali, Muhammad

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

Madam Guizot

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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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I am no more humble than my talents require.

Oscar Levant

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The loss of one's dignified bearing is often sudden.

Jerry Van Amerongen

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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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The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

Phaedrus

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

Beethoven, Ludwig Van

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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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A man who is at the top is a man who has the habit of getting to the bottom.

Rogers, Joseph E.

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

Confucius

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He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

Jules Renard

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Too much humility is pride.

Proverb, German

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

Ted Turner

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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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The cross is the invincible sanctuary of the humble.

Cass, Eli

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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.

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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

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

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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 proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.

Sheen, Fulton John

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Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Davis, Joe

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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.