Humility Quotes · Page 68

UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.

— Ambrose Bierce

“It hurt to think that a boy would not have him at his value of himself.”

— Richard Llewellyn

The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of…

— Saint Augustine

“Humility isn’t a place of weakness but rather a position that will come with honor (Proverbs 18:12).”

— Lysa TerKeurst

Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind.

— Jean Cocteau

“Modesty has, and will remain, an alluring trait because where egoism falters, humility conquers.”

— Andy Paula

“The King of Glory does not reward His servants according to the dignity of their office, but according to the humility and…

— St. Francis de Sales

“The goal of using our voice is not just to be noticed, but with humility to gracefully be fully present in relationships.…

— Rosalie De Rosset

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also…

— Dee Hock

Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. Therefore, let…

— Doreen Valiente

To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments and enduring to the end.

— Robert D. Hales

“A major element in Lincoln's greatness was the way in which he could hold a strong moral position without the usual accompaniment…

— Elton Trueblood

Have more humility. Remember you don't know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself,…

— A.L. Kennedy

“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important…

— Francine Rivers

Every Christian is chosen-chosen for similar deeds, namely: to be with the Lord, through unceasing remembrance of Him and awareness of His…

— Theophan the Recluse

Polls show that most people in the world favor humbler, more compassionate solutions to our common problems. Not only favor them but,…

— Marc Ian Barasch

“Curious that a man as selfish as he should be offering himself to the service of dead dogs. There must be other,…

— J.M. Coetzee

“Humility is well and good but facts persevere beyond the shadow of one’s own feelings,” Ackbar says. “You saved Captain Antilles. You…

— Chuck Wendig

Your heart is as fresh as your face; and that is well. The useless men are those who never change with the…

— James M. Barrie

We develop all our sciences, archeology, cosmology, psychology, we tabulate and classify and cling to our sacred definitions, our divisions, without any…

— Maureen Duffy

“There is probably something good in every religion, the important thing is how you practice it. And this is when I found…

— Lars Von Trier

“Dumbledore's plan works well in giving Harry protection from the external danger of Voldemort. The plan also gives him an ordinary life.…

— Luke Bell

But certainly, I think that it's important to have humility and to acknowledge that you're learning every day as a leader.

— Annamie Paul

“the humblest, and at the same time most balanced and capacious, praised most, while the crank, misfits and malcontents praised least.”

— C.S. Lewis

Now that I have and I'm not a have-not, I've learned how important it is to maintain humility.

— Shania Twain

“Loving humility is marvelously strong, the strongest of all things, and there is nothing like it.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I tell people all the time... There is humble. And there is humble. And then there is N'Golo.

— Antonio Rudiger

Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is the antidote to this evil.

— Lydia Sigourney

Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

— Eric Hoffer

Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I see in Nature a magnificent structure... that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility.

— Albert Einstein

To counter-balance the natural humility of motherhood, I garden ... In the garden, more than any place, I really feel successful.

— Glenda Jackson

Modesty, if you consider it, is the most unforgivable sort of falsehood: it's a lie that does damage to no one but…

— Anonymous

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

— Louis Kronenberger

I constantly try to humble myself; if you don't, I'm sure the game is going to find a way to humble you.

— Evan Longoria

“Humility is not weak, powerless, faint, a pushover, a punching bag or an abuse magnet, because above all — humility cares.”

— Bryant McGill

We project our ideas about ourselves into the heavens and call them ideas about God.

— Richard Curtis