Humility And Modesty Quotes

• Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

  Rick Warren

  Humble, Humility, Thinking

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.134, Zondervan

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• We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Humble, Humility, Great Teacher

  Rabindranath Tagore (2007). “Stray Birds”, p.11, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

  Francois Guizot

  Heart, Humility, Light

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  To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Leadership, Funny Inspirational, Integrity

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• It is always the secure who are humble.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Humble, Kids, Humility

  "The Defendant". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1901.

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• A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Leadership, Teamwork

  Benjamin Franklin (2010). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Penn Reading Project Edition”, p.11, University of Pennsylvania Press

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• Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

  William Temple

  Freedom, Mean, Humility

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• There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

  Arthur Helps

  Beauty, Humility, Grace

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• Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

  Wilson Mizner

  Humility, Humble, Carpe Diem

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• The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Humility

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.44, BookBaby

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• What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Leadership, Humility, Giving

  Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

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• Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

  Frank Leahy

  Pain, Nfl, Stupidity

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

  Joseph Addison

  Humility, Pride, Men

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index”, p.301

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• It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Philosophical, Men, Honor

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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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• Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Confidence, Philosophy, Communication

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.282, Modern Library

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• I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.

  Edith Sitwell

  Time, Thinking, Modesty

  In Observer 30 Apr. 1950

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• When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.

  Bernard Baily

  Inspirational, Humble, Humility

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• Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

  William Safire

  Humble, Humility, Catchy

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• A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Were Meant To Be, Doubtful

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.

  Dwight Morrow

  Forgiveness, Party, Rain

  Speech, 10 Oct. 1930

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• In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait.

  Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

  Humility, Portraits, Surround

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• Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

  Barry Switzer

  Life, Motivational, Sports

  "The Unknown Barry Switzer - Poverty, Tragedy Build Oklahoma Coach into a Winner". Chicago Tribune, December 14, 1986.

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• To have a thing is little, if you're not allowed to show it, to know a thing, is nothing unless others know you know it.

  Charles Neaves, Lord Neaves

  Humble, Littles, Shows

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• True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

  E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

  Positive, Meaningful, Humility

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