The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. C. S. Lewis
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
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
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. Thomas Merton
'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
humility in Dutch is ootmoed, deemoed, nederigheid
humility in German is Bescheidenheit, Demut
humility in Norwegian is ydmykhet
humility in Spanish is humildad
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