Humility Quotes

• Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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• Humility opens the door of opportunity.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Opportunity, Doors

  Twitter post from Feb 13, 2017

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• Pride divides the men, humility joins them.

  Socrates

  Pride, Men, He Man

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• Humility is the light of understanding.

  John Bunyan

  Motivational, Light, Understanding

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• If you're not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.

  Mike Tyson

  Life, Humble, African American

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• Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation.

  Bruce Lee

  Honor, Foundation, Form

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.95, Tuttle Publishing

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• Humility is a virtue; timidity is an illness.

  Jim Rohn

  Pride, Illness, Virtue

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Feb 16, 2017

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  No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

  Alexander Pope

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

  John Madden

  Self Esteem, Humble, Sunset

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• Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Communication, Kids, Pride

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• Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Perfection, Impossible

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

  John J. McCloy

  Respect, Mistake, Humble

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• A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

  C. S. Lewis

  God, Wisdom, Pride

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

  Saint Augustine

  Merit, Sufficiency, Knows

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• True humility is contentment.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Humble, Contentment, True Humility

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• If we learn not humility, we learn nothing.

  John Dewey

  Humble, Ifs

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• A man can counterfeit love, he can counterfeit faith, he can counterfeit hope and all the other graces, but it is very difficult to counterfeit humility.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Humble, Men, Christian Inspirational

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• It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

  Saint Augustine

  Angel, Pride, Men

  "Manipulus Florum". Book edited by Thomas Hibernicus,

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• Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.

  T. S. Eliot

  Philosophical, Thinking, Self

  "Shakespeare and the Stoicism of Seneca" (1927)

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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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• We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?

  John Ortberg

  Humble, Christian Inspirational, What If

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.173, Harper Collins

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• Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

  Thomas Merton

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Fake People

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.119, Shambhala Publications

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• Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.

  Helen Nielsen

  Funny, Humor, Essentials

  Helen Nielsen (1959). “The Fifth Caller”

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• Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

  William Safire

  Humble, Catchy, Willing

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• Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Love Is, Abundance, Moderation

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