Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility. — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
The fullest and best ears of corn hang lowest toward the ground. — Christopher Augustine Reynolds Copy Share Image
The ego seeks fame and fortune. Humility doesn't seek at all - it accepts. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Dispassion and humility lead to spiritual knowledge. Without them no one will see the Lord. — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Humility is a fantastic trait and is one of the most important things we can have — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“I am open to all comments, I accept them with humility, or as much as i can muster on short notice.” — Neil Leckman Copy Share Image
“You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
It is good to be taught humility when we are young. If we do not exeperience pain as children, we will cause… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
“The meek shall inherit the Earth, but the mighty shall inherit the universe.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more… — Mike Aquilina Copy Share Image
“The whole bloated sensation of success is wiped clean when among family. There is no pressure of being looked upon as 'the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“How often does a man know, without question, that he has done well? I do not think it happens often in anyone's… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything… — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
“The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
If a rabbit defined intelligence the way man does, then the most intelligent animal would be a rabbit, followed by the animal… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental sensation, not… — Robert A. Burton Copy Share Image
“We feel that, for the honour of God (and also, though we do not say this, for the sake of our own… — J.I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Humility teaches us that God is actively redeeming the world. And because He is, we can experience the relief of confessing our… — Hannah Anderson Copy Share Image
“Narcissistic pleasure seekers routinely avoid developing the humility required to manufacture a life of full measure. Shallow persons such as me hide… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The worker who knows the cause of his misery, who understands the make-up of our iniquitous social and industrial system can do… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Powerlessness became 'goodness', baseness 'humility', submission to people one hated 'obedience' and, in Nietzsche's phrase, "not-being-able to-take-revenge' turned into 'forgiveness'. Every feeling… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. And this has been… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Our blessed Saviour, the most spiritual worshipper, prostrated himself in the garden with the greatest lowliness, and offered himself upon the cross… — William Symington Copy Share Image
“Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace.” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
