Humility Quotes

The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.

Public servants in this Europe often do their best when they stop caring about whether they'll be fired.

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

The tailor put on the girdle, and resolved to go forth into the world, because he thought his workshop was too small for his valor.

Confidence is this: Wearing your triumphs with humility, and wearing your scars with pride. Many of us do precisely the opposite.

Ask with Confidence, listen with humility.

There is something really good to say about humility. Being confident and humble is a great combination, maybe the best of all!

I keep a vivid memory of failure in my back pocket, so no matter how much I accomplish I stay grounded.

It's okay to be honest about not knowing rather than spreading falsehood. While it is often said that honesty is the best policy, silence is the second best policy.

The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion.

If you think someone is humble, never tell them so. You will unknowingly rob them of the very thing you admire.

Love does not envy, does not boast, does not delight in evil but rejoice in truth.

Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility.

In our moments in the sun beware of casting dark shadows.

The best writers I've read possess oodles of self-doubt, yet claw their way up with each work and remain humble. Boastful ones, not so much.

If you fall down to the ground, you're in the perfect position to pray. It definitely humbles you and if you're humble it's easier for God to get Closer to You.

God always gives grace to the person who knows how to humble himself before Him and who sets his hopes on Him. God only gives grace to humble people.

Be grateful for the twists in the road. They teach us humility and grace. And any dancer in this life requires both

There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.

When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect.

We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on hand.

Every story of conversion is a story of blessed defeat.

Losing well was a gift, but winning well is this stuff of the authentic manhood.

Without haters, you can't see the level of your progress, that shows you that haters are necessary evil.

One of the keys to achieving understanding is humility.

Gratitude is the heart of humility, and humility is the path to peace, love, and understanding.

Today I speak the truth as I know it to be, tomorrow I may know better.

Our audacity must be rooted in our humility.

God will fight your battles if you just keep still. He is able to carry you through. Trust Him. Keep standing, keep believing and keep hoping.

Humility is the only thing that can restore a relationship, when respect has been lost.

It would always be my burden, not that I lacked genius, but that I was fully aware of it.

In the context of today, this WAS heroism.

There are heroes and schmucks in all worlds. The most important thing is whether you are willing to engage in moral struggle against yourself.

Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.

When making a point, there are 2 types of people who may disagree with you: those who can support their reasons, and the childish ones who are too worried about being told what to do.

Speech one may regret, Silence no sorrow begets, Humility be born before honour, Soft answer turns wrath’s corner

good people bring the good out of people

Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you.

Any man's measure is determined by what he will do when he is faced with his own deep need. Not how high he may reach but how low he may kneel.

As for the fear, you'll have to put up with that like the rest of us.

Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces pride instead of love is not true thinking.

The humility of wisdom is the happy consciousness that all things come from God, are sustained by God, and exist for God. This wisdom is rooted in the pride-destroying, joy-giving cross of Christ.

Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility.

It is easy to do good, but it takes a lifetime to become human!

The eye of danger and the face of fear are what really pull off a person's mask.

Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!

You're allowed to practice humility while also owning your greatness. Don't you dare minimize your greatness.

Simplicity and humility are the flowers of greatness.

Don’t cap your potential in the name of humility. First, maximize your potential, serve the world with your greatness and then worry about pride :-) lol

If you were really humble you would be great, because humility would never squander the magnificent gift of life.