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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
Humility Motivational Quotes



Best Quotes about Humility

1.
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Ali, Muhammad

2.
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.

3.
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

4.
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Howe, Edgar Watson

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

7.
Humility is the ladder to divine understanding.

8.
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

9.
The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.
Orton, Joe

10.
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

11.
Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.
Thoreau, Henry David

12.
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de)

13.
The loss of one's dignified bearing is often sudden.
Jerry Van Amerongen

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

15.
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

16.
Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.
Flaubert, Gustave

17.
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Confucius

18.
When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.
Ali, Muhammad

19.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
William Shakespeare

20.
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)

21.
Too humble is half proud.
Proverb, Yiddish

22.
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

23.
Humility is indeed beatness, a compulsory virtue that no one exhibits unless he has to.
Burroughs, William S.

24.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. [Philippians 2:3]
Bible

25.
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

26.
I am no more humble than my talents require.
Oscar Levant

27.
They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.
Burton, Robert

28.
Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.
Madam Guizot

29.
Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.
Arndt, Ernest Moritz

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

31.
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark Twain

32.
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

33.
One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

34.
Too much humility is pride.
Proverb, German

35.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.

36.
The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
Sheen, Fulton John

37.
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
Arliss, George

38.
The cross is the invincible sanctuary of the humble.
Cass, Eli

39.
Modesty is the citadel of beauty.
Demades

40.
A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.
Ruckett

41.
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

42.
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Augustine, St.

43.
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.
Nietzsche, Friedrich

44.
The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.
Phaedrus

45.
If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.
Pascal, Blaise

46.
Be it ever so humble, there's no opinion like one's own.

47.
Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.
La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

48.
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
Edith Sitwell

49.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Confucius

50.
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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