Top 55 Most Inspiring Quotes on Humility

“Great leaders don’t need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.” ― Simon Sinek

“Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.” ― T.S. Eliot

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” ― Ghandi

“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” ― Saint Augustine

“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.” ― Thomas Merton

“Only humility knows how to appreciate and admire the good qualities of others.” ― Sri Chinmoy

“Selflessness is humility. Humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free.” ― Jeff Wilson

“The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.” ― Charles Caleb Colton

“Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else. Madeleine L’Engle

“Stay true in the dark and humble in the spotlight.” ― Harold B. Lee

“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.” ― Rabindranth Tagore

“Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.” ― Simone Weil

“Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.” ― Steven Tyler

“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.” ― Saint Augustine

“Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.” ― Thomas Moore

“Some people would rather die in their pride, than live in their humility.” ― Anthony Liccione

“We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high or higher than we are.” ― Ezra Taft Benson

“Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you. Andrew Murray, Humility

“Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.” ― Confucius

“Arrogance closes more doors than it opens. Stay humble.” ― Toni Payne

“Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease. But the firm feet of humility, They grip the ground like trees.” ― G.K. Chesterton

“If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.” ― Mother Teresa

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” ― Rick Warren

“Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.” ― Rudolf Steiner

“An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in their understanding of things.” ― Bryant H. McGill

“It’s about having the humility. It’s about not saying no. Even when you’ve made it. You’re never too big.” ― Gary Vaynerchuk

“To a person who has true humility, words are vows.” ― Filipino Proverb

“Thank you” is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” ― Alice Walker

“Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying. St. Vincent de Paul

“The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.” ― Mignon McLaughlin

“Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.” ― Baruch Spinoza

“Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless.” ― David Whyte

“Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.” ― Ezra Taft Benson

“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.” ― Frank Lloyd Wright

“If humility does not precede all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.” ― St Augustine

“Humility is freedom from your own driven ego.” ― Martha Kilpatrick

“One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time. Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet

“Never be proud but show humility towards others, true wisdom lies in being humble.” ― Shri Radhe Maa

“Be like the bamboo the higher you grow the deeper you bow.” ― Chinese Proverb

“There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self.” ― Henri Frederic Amiel

“Humility is the greatest quality that a man can have, and arrogance is undoubtedly the worst.” ― Maulana W. Khan

“Humility isn’t denying your strengths; it’s being honest about your weaknesses.” ― Rick Warren

“Where there is humility, there is more success, and lasting success.” ― Patrick Lencioni

“Humility, gentleness, and helpfulness go so much further and open doors you cannot imagine.” ― Ann Tran

“Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.” ― Jesse Jackson

“Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.” ― Joyce Meyer

“Pride makes us artificial; humility make us real.” ― Thomas Merton

“Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.” ― Yousef Munayyer

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.” ― C.S Lewis

“If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.” ― Anthony Bourdain

“True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.” ― Tryon Edwards

“Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.” ― William Penn

“The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.” ― Pope Francis

“Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.” ― Charles Spurgeon

“Be humble in your confidence yet courageous in your character.” ― Melanie Koulouris

“Have more humility. Remember you don’t know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life–and maybe even please a few strangers.” ― A.L. Kennedy

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