Humility Quotes

1910 Humility quotes by 1042 unique authors

Use humility to make the enemy haughty. Tire them by flight. Cause division among them. When they are unprepared, attack and make your move when… — Sun Tzu
Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in… — Matthieu Ricard
The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the… — Saadi
Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator. — Yogi Berra
The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth. — Sharon Lee
I have learned that much of my spiritual progress does not come directly from God, but through my ability to humble myself and hear Him… — Francis Frangipane
What we say does not matter - only what God says to souls through us. — Mother Teresa
The most powerful tools of revolution through intention are humility and consciousness. — Bryant H. McGill
Humility and full consciousness are inseparable. — Bryant H. McGill
If believers decay in their first love, or in some other grace, yet another grace may grow and increase, such as humility, their brokenheartedness; they… — Richard Sibbes
What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble Himself… — Francis of Assisi
For One in such a lofty position to stoop so low is a marvel that is staggering. What sublime humility and humble sublimeness, that the… — Francis of Assisi
In some sense we are all hypocrites in transition. — Erwin McManus
The Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness,… — Wilferd Peterson
The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience as… — Abraham Maslow
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear. — John Selden
If you would like to live in a community in which you may have pride, then dedicate yourself in a spirit of humility and your… — Herbert V. Prochnow
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with… — Monica Baldwin
Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride. — Ernest Hemingway
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars — Leo Tolstoy
Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation. Humility like darkness… — Henry David Thoreau
O son, thou hast not true humility, The highest virtue, mother of them all; But her thou hast not know; for what is this? Thou… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. Genuine ignorance is profitable because it… — John Dewey
Science even more than the Gospel teaches us humility. She cannot look down on anything, she does not know what superiority means, she despises nothing,… — Alexander Herzen
Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm loosens the earth… — John Owen

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