Humility Quotes
1910 Humility quotes by 1042 unique authors
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Humility is the mother of all virtues, courage the father, integrity the child and wisdom the grandchild.
— Stephen Covey
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What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these, let…
— Wilford Woodruff
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It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.
— Debra Wilson
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We strive to hire and retain only those who embrace our MBM® Guiding Principles, which encompass integrity, compliance, value creation, Principled Entrepreneurship, customer focus, knowledge,…
— Charles Koch
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Humility is the daughter of truth.
— Anne Truitt
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If you wish to attain to true knowledge of the Scriptures, hasten to acquire first an unshakeable humility of heart. That alone will lead you,…
— John Cassian
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On Pride: This sickness is most dangerous when it succeeds in looking like humility. When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is…
— Thomas Merton
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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own. When one becomes spiritual, the ego…
— Ramakrishna
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Humility and gratitude go hand in hand... Awareness increases so that we become grateful for everything we are given. We have to learn, literally learn,…
— Sivananda Radha Saraswati
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Practice radical humility when it comes to your own accomplishments, and give credit everywhere except to your ego.
— Wayne Dyer
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We should, all of us, be filled with gratitude and humility for our present progress and prosperity. We should be filled with awe and joy…
— William J. Clinton
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Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by humility, that humility…
— Pope Gregory I
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For 2,000 years, the Church has been the cradle in which Mary places Jesus and entrusts Him to the adoration and contemplation of all peoples.…
— Pope John Paul II
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It is the Sacrament of Love that excites the soul to ardent prayer. It stirs up the virtue of impetration and, as it were, forces…
— Angela of Foligno
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The humility of Jesus can be seen in the crib, in the exile to Egypt, in the hidden life, in the inability to make people…
— Mother Teresa
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We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken…
— Paul Elmer More
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Facing personal truths and purging yourself of addictions or manipulative habits require strength, courage, humility, faith, and other qualities of a soul with stamina, because…
— Caroline Myss
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The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
— George Bernard Shaw
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I felt so full of gratitude and humility that I clasped my hands in front of me, closed my eyes and said a silent prayer…
— Cathy Freeman
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I am inspired by the professionalism of others. I believe there is an obligation to strive for excellence in what one is asked to do.…
— Densey Clyne
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I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a certain amount of…
— Michael Dorris
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Asking for advice is an act of humility.... The act alone says, "I need you." The decision maker and the adviser are pushed into a…
— Dennis Bakke
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Comedy - and I say this with humility - comedy needs me.
— Joan Rivers
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Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs, so plainly as does a dog, when with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and…
— Charles Darwin
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