“It would always be my burden, not that I lacked genius, but that I was fully aware of it.” — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Self-serving biases and self-centered agendas are cotton jammed in the ears of our conscience. Even if truth shouts, we can’t hear it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I think I've certainly learned a lot of lessons in humility and continue to work on that part of myself. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction; he had on the contrary an… — Maugham W. Somerset (William Somerset Copy Share Image
True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Humility can give everything to God. Everything comes from the source, everything returns to the source. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God,… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of… — Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits Copy Share Image
Man must be at once more humble and more confident; more humble in the face of destructive potentials of what he can… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
Humiliating people in the name of religion is the practice of someone deprived of the first fruit of religion, # humility . — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
“Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is, from the very nature of things, the first duty and the highest virtue… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
“First, there is the burden of pride. The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think for yourself whether much of… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
It is the Sacrament of Love that excites the soul to ardent prayer. It stirs up the virtue of impetration and, as… — Angela of Foligno Copy Share Image
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
“I overreacted to praise, signing an autograph. I'd write a check to buy it back.” — Brian Spellman Copy Share Image
A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
