Humility Quotes

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
C. S. Lewis

Yourself, Thinking, Less

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
Mahatma Gandhi

Simple, Enough, Individual

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
C. S. Lewis

Sleep, Wife, Christian

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
Thomas Merton

Real, Pride, Makes

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

Men, Pride, Makes

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
Thomas S. Monson

Courage, Living, Face

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.
Alice Walker

Best, Gratitude, Prayer

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

Wish, Plan, Rise

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.
John Ruskin

Great, Mean, Doubt

Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn.
Charlie Sheen

Learn, Ability, Sign

Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie

Life, Long, Lesson

A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
Lawrence G. Lovasik

Person, Honesty, Complex

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
John Ruskin

Great, Test, Truly

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Respect, Self, Others

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Saint Augustine

Great, Wish, Desire

It ain't the heat, it's the humility.
Yogi Berra

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Saint Augustine

Soul, Cannot, Except

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Jane Austen

Nothing, Sometimes, Opinion

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Rabindranath Tagore

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Life, Change, Between

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.
Johannes Tauler

Knowledge, Wisdom, School

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Francis Quarles

Love, God, Strength

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Friends, Blood, Sacrifices

I don't doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong's spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.
Mitt Romney

Someone, Confidence, Doubt

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.
Mitt Romney

Trust, Great, America

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
William Penn

Knowledge, Ignorance, Poor

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.
Margaret Mead

Baby, Born, Struggles

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.
Swami Sivananda

Spiritual, Weakness, Indeed

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.
Michelle Obama

Success, Respect, School

Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
Richard Dawkins

Forward, Winning, Humanity

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