Humility Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it,…

— Benjamin Franklin

My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought…

— Benjamin Franklin

1) Temperance... drink not to elevation. (2) Silence... avoid trifling conversations. (3) Order: Let all your things have their places... (4) Resolution...…

— Benjamin Franklin

In success be moderate. Humility makes great men twice honourable.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Imitate Jesus and Socrates”

— Benjamin Franklin

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the road he sees wrapped up in the…

— Benjamin Franklin

After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.

— Benjamin Franklin

E'er you remark another's sin, bid your own conscience look within.

— Benjamin Franklin

Humility makes great men twice honorable

— Benjamin Franklin

I've striven my whole life for humility, but if I'd ever achieved it, I'd probably be pretty damn proud of that.

— Benjamin Franklin

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

— Benjamin Franklin

This modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in possession…

— Benjamin Franklin

“There is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it…

— Benjamin Franklin

In humility imitate Jesus and Socrates.

— Benjamin Franklin

Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.

— Benjamin Franklin

Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.

— Benjamin Franklin

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

— Benjamin Franklin