Humility Quotes

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If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business. — Anthony Bourdain
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some… — Phillips Brooks
Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences. — Kobe Bryant
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come… — Alan Alda
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery. — Vince Cable
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. — Muhammad Ali
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far. — Muhammad Ali
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. — Charlie Chaplin
As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed… — James Allen
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. — Lord Chesterfield
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. — Lord Chesterfield
Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But, hey, if they've done something… — Amy Chua
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. — Winston Churchill
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a… — Winston Churchill
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one… — Luc de Clapiers
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else. — Woody Allen
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. — Henri Frederic Amiel
True humility is contentment. — Henri Frederic Amiel
By bravely enduring our trials, we learn humility, compassion for others, and a great reliance on God. We also learn that our happiness and progress… — Lloyd D. Newell

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