Humility Quotes

1910 Humility quotes by 1042 unique authors

Just when summer gets perfect-fresh nights, soft sun, casual breezes, crushingly full and quietly cooling trees, empty beaches, and free weekends- it ends. Life is… — Joan D. Chittister
The talk of lovers who have just declared their love is one of life's most sweet delights. Each vies with the other in humility, in… — Iris Murdoch
The Bible is teh means through which we are introduced to Jesus and invited to follow Him in the life of humility and service. Secured… — Richard J. Foster
The genius of happiness is still so rare. To possess it means to approach life with the humility of a beggar, but to treat it… — Ellen Key
Nature is not something to be fought, conquered and changed according to any human whims. To some extent, of course, it has to be used.… — Richard M. Weaver
Humility, which Burke ranked high among the virtues, is the only effectual restraint upon this congenital vanity; yet our world has nearly forgotten the nature… — Russell Kirk
If the immutable heart can be grieved by the puppets of its own making, it is Divine Omnipotence, no other, that has subjected it, freely,… — C.S. Lewis
Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet of hope in… — Sudhir Kakar
Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop. — Joyce Meyer
We must in strength and humility meet hate with love. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
One must be willing to stand alone - in the unknown, with no reference to authority or the past or any of one's conditioning. One… — Adyashanti
Character is the direct result of mental attitude. I believe that character is higher than the intellect. I believe that leadership is in sacrifice, in… — Vince Lombardi
The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility. — Irena Sendler
Your brilliance comes from your spirit. To deny it is arrogance. To accept it is humility. — Alan Cohen
Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right. — Thomas Merton
There is a stupid humility that is quite common and when a person is afflicted with it, he is once and for all disqualified for… — Friedrich Nietzsche
My faith instills in me a deep sense of humility and gratitude, reminding me how often I fall short and how much I need the… — Karen Hughes
Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the… — Francis of Assisi
The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration. — Hosea Ballou
I know for me, going back the person I've bad-mouthed or lied to is absolutely humiliating! But isn't it interesting that "humiliating" has the same… — Chip Ingram
There have been many people for whom limitations, failure, loss, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them… — Eckhart Tolle
A humble man is not afraid of failure. In fact, he is not afraid of anything, even himself, since perfect humility implies perfect confidence in… — Thomas Merton
Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man. — Franz Kafka
There ain't never a horse that never been rode; there ain't never a rider that can't be thrown. — Gary Cooper
Humility is the mother of giants. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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