Humility Quotes

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An authentically empowered person is humble. This does not mean the false humility of one who stoops to be with those who are below him… — Gary Zukav
The personal interiorization of the practice of humiliation is called humility. — Kathy Acker
Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest… — Rudolf Arnheim
To humiliate and be humiliated, I think, is a crucial element in our whole social structure. It's not only the artist I'm sorry for. It's… — Ingmar Bergman
At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. — Hector Berlioz
Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity. — Vanna Bonta
Without humility there can be no humanity. — John Buchan
O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary… — Julia Cameron
We decided that humility was defined not by self-deprecating behavior or attitudes but by the esteem with which you regard others... Generally, you can be… — Clayton Christensen
We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. — Charles Caleb Colton
Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The virtue of pride, which was once the beauty of mankind, has given place to that fount of ugliness, Christian humility. — Max Ernst
The unanswerable mysteries... the attitude that all is uncertain... to summarize it - the humility of the intellect. — Richard P. Feynman
The basis of action on love, the brotherhood of all men, the value of the individual... the humility of the spirit. — Richard P. Feynman
Art, because it's so easy to do, and yet so difficult to do well, encourages humility in the human soul. — Robert Genn
Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound. — W. S. Gilbert
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. — Franz Grillparzer
Be humble about it. Paint the color tones as they come against each other, and make them sing, vibrate. Don't ask me to look at… — Charles Webster Hawthorne
Loving and appreciating each individual, including ourselves, as the showing forth of the One Creative Principle, takes a great deal of humility and this includes… — Unknown Author

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