Humbling Quotes

• It's a humbling thing being humble.

  Maurice Clarett

  Humble, Nfl, Dumb

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• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Beautiful, God

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• My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "The Private Albert Einstein". Book by Peter A. Bucky, 1992.

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• Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.

  Michael Stipe

  Music, Uplifting, Records

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• To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Humble, Humility, Modesty

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.68, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

  Bodhidharma

  Real, Mean, Humility

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.105, Macmillan

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• A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

  Robert E. Lee

  Life And Love, Men, Gentleman

  "Definition of a Gentleman". Memorandum found in Lee's papers after his death. "Lee the American" by Gamaliel Bradford, p. 233, xroads.virginia.edu. 1912.

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• Assuredly, Loving Souls, you should go to God with all humility and respect, humbling yourselves in His presence, especially when you remember your past ingratitude and sins.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Humility, Past, Soul

  St. Alphonsus Liguori (2015). “How to Converse with God”, p.7, TAN Books

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• I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know?

  LeBron James

  Growing Up, Inspiration, Mean

  "Transcript: LeBron James Talks to 'Good Morning America'". Interview With Robin Roberts, abcnews.go.com. July 9, 2010.

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• Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

  Charley Pride

  Energizing, Performing

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• Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Diamond Jubilee, Atmosphere, Together

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• Each of us is accountable to God for our personal holiness. Humbling yourself by letting others into your life and allowing them to help you and hold you accountable will release the sanctifying, transforming grace of God in your life.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Women, History, Grace

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• God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances - things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  God, Faith, Christian

  Joni Eareckson Tada, Steven Estes (1997). “When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty”, p.121, Harper Collins

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• Life experiences can, at times, be quite humbling, but you learn from them. But I like the changes in my life and what kind of person they've made me into. I'm very open, not as judgmental as I was in my twenties, and a lot more compassionate.

  Donna Air

  Twenties, Kind, Judgmental

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• The Bible is so deep! As the 6th-century church father Gregory put it: "Scripture is like a river...shallow enough...for the lamb to go wading, but deep enough...for the elephant to swim." It's humbling to be involved in projects that make the riches of the Bible accessible to Bible teachers and students.

  Martin Manser

  Teacher, Father, Swim

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• The real work of planet-saving will be small, humble, and humbling, and (insofar as it involves love) pleasing and rewarding. Its jobs will be too many to count, too many to report, too many to be publicly noticed or rewarded, too small to make anyone rich or famous.

  Wendell Berry

  Jobs, Real, Humble

  Wendell Berry (1993). “Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays”, Pantheon

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• Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that most Ancient Mystery, that Majesty which philosophers call the first cause, but which we call our Father which art in heaven.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Art, Father, Heaven

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• In my experience, professionals who are best in any field approach their work with humility. They know that their work is more than just a job. It's an exploration of life. Even on days when they feel most confident, things can go wrong. Sometimes even the good things that happen are a mystery - a surprise. There are always elements outside our control. That's humbling - or should be.

  Carol Ann Tomlinson

  Jobs, Humility, Elements

  Source: blogs.edweek.org

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• I love surfing, rock climbing, cycling - all that stuff. But it's just amazing that I can inspire people with my running. It's humbling, really.

  Dean Karnazes

  Running, Cycling, Rocks

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• Again and again, I've undergone the humbling experience of first
  lamenting how badly something sucks, then only much later having the
  crucial insight that its not sucking wouldn't have been a Nash
  equilibrium.

  Scott Aaronson

  Firsts, Humbling Experiences, Equilibrium

  "Malthusianisms". www.scottaaronson.com. August 15, 2009.

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• If God speaks to us about himself and his own glorious greatness, we respond by humbling ourselves before him in worship... If He speaks to us about His commandments, we determine to obey them.

  John Stott

  Greatness, Worship, Speak

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• I was very excited to meet Amanda Seyfried. She is one of the most humbling human beings you will ever meet. She deserves success.

  Cory Hardrict

  Excited, Amanda, Humans

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• I think the one thing that athletics prepared me for thats been more beneficial than anything has been the humbling times.

  Geoff Stults

  Thinking, Humbling Experiences, Athletics

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• If we never leave our house except to drive to work, do we need to be even remotely aware of this powerful, humbling, extraordinary and eternal life force that surges and ebbs around us all the time? Apparently not. Because we have stopped paying attention.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Powerful, House, Needs

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “The Last American Man”, p.13, A&C Black

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