Humility Quotes

1910 Humility quotes by 1042 unique authors

I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
As long as we insist on relating to it strictly on our own terms-as strange to us or subject to us-the wilderness is alien, threatening,… — Wendell Berry
Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility. The shallow-minded modern who has… — Aldo Leopold
The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must… — Mahatma Gandhi
The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality:… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Are you disappointed, discouraged and discontented with your present level of success? Are you secretly dissatisfied with your present status? Do you want to become… — Robert H. Schuller
With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive. — Oliver Goldsmith
Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist. — Milton Friedman
Marriage requires the giving and keeping of confidences, the sharing of thoughts and feelings, respect and understanding always, marriage requires humility - the humility to… — Richard L. Evans
The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor,… — Pope Paul VI
To make the sign of the cross is to pronounce a visible and public yes to him who died for us and who is risen,… — Pope Benedict XVI
We need a new apologetic, geared to the needs of today, which keeps in mind that our task is not to win arguments but to… — Pope John Paul II
Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs… — Therese of Lisieux
God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved. — Pope Benedict XVI
What will be the crown of those who, humble within and humiliated without, have imitated the humility of our Savior in all its fullness! — Bernadette Soubirous
The real question is whether we can learn anything from our experiences upon which we may grow and help others to grow in the likeness… — Bill W.
The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these are washed away by war.… — John T. Flynn
There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet, unless we do try, something… — Edith Hamilton
In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of… — Nelson Mandela
Have the humility to learn from those around you. — John C. Maxwell
What I see in Nature is a grand design that we can understand only imperfectly, one with which a responsible person must look at with… — Albert Einstein
My artistic goal was to write something that's one hundred percent real and true to me and to this world. I tried to touch on… — Mat Kearney
The greatness of non-violent resistance is that even as man is faced with tyranny, and the resulting suffering, he responds to hate with love, to… — Liu Xia
When someone offends me, I think it’s a gift from Allah (god). He (Allah) is teaching me humility. — Ibn Taymiyyah
I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've got huge balls. But I've been humbled. That makes you… — Drew Barrymore

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