Humility Quotes

A culture capable of imagining complexly is a humble culture. It acts, when it has to act, as late in the game as possibl, and as cautiously, because it knows its girth and the tight confines of the china shop it's blundering into. And it knows that no matter how well prepared it is -- no matter how ruthlessly it has held its projections up to intelligent scrutiny -- the place it is headed for is going to very different from the place it imagined. The shortfall between the imagined and the real, multiplied by the violence of one's intent, equals the evil one will do.

~ George Saunders

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

~ Marcus Aurelius

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

~ Aainaa-Ridtz

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

~ Criss Jami

I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.

~ John Ruskin

Denys (Finch-Hatton) has been written about before and he will be written about again. If someone has not already said it, someone will say that he was a great man who never achieved greatness, and this will not only be trite, but wrong; he was a great man who never achieved arrogance.

~ Beryl Markham

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

~ Erica Alex

Simplicity and humility are the flowers of greatness.

~ Debasish Mridha

Cockiness is a display of an empty lifestyle, humility is when you see yourself as a zero while others are making you their hero.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

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

~ Assegid Habtewold

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

~ Bryant Mcgill

True greatness demands humility, the journey draws it from your struggling soul.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The root of all true greatness, is humility.

~ C. Joybell C.

Early in my career...I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility... I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I've never been sorry.

~ Frank Lloyd Wright

The author describes Lincoln's attitude in making a deal with a newspaper publisher as, almost defiant transparency.

~ Harold Holzer

Lincoln admitted his infirmities to make way for his spring.

~ Richard Brookhiser

The adult author finds that by inadvertently violating the school's alcohol policy, she breaks down some part of the barrier between her and the younger students who are subject to more rules.

~ Rebekah Nathan

Confessions are meant to reveal universal truths through specific examples.

~ Yishai Schwartz

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.

~ Criss Jami

Embrace the magical gift of serenity in your daily life. Nothing beats patience, humility, honesty and tranquility.

~ Angelica Hopes

The judicial wheel is rounded with equality, oiled with honour and functions smoothly with honesty – principally when both members of the Bench and Bar shoulder their responsibilities seriously.

~ Munindra Misra

The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.

~ David Halberstam

Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ignorance and he saw no point in 'measurements' when he did not know what he was measuring.

~ Robert A. Heinlein

The confession of ignorance is crucial to the pursuit of knowledge. Another way of putting it is that those who pretend to know never will – they lack the humility to learn.

~ Jonathan Renshaw

We might not be equal in what we know but we are surely equal, in what we do not know.

~ Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya

We might not be equal in what we know but we are equal in what we do not know.

~ Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya

Considerable social science research has found that constant praise of children can backfire, because it so often consists of telling children how smart they are, not of praising children for the things they actually do. As a result, many children become protective of their image of being smart and are reluctant to take chances that might actually damage that image.

~ Charles Murray

How often does a man know, without question, that he has done well? I do not think it happens often in anyone's life, and it becomes even rarer once one has a child.

~ Robin Hobb

A man protects his fish from rats by keeping it under a cat's watch. How wise!Another buys a gun for security reasons, but decides to kill a ghost with it. How smart!One prays to God for safety, as he climbs a palm tree with sewing thread. How intelligent!Man does not want the truth, and God does not want lies, yet there is no third option.One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing. That's pride. Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. Humility!Not all that glitters is gold, and not all gold glitters. Watch, with the eyes, and also with the heart.Just because all things are lawful, don't make them expedient. And because a thing is right doesn't mean it edifies.With Faith, Wisdom comes highly recommended!

~ Olaotan Fawehinmi

Being a humble person, she gave her pie shop a humble name—PIE.

~ Sarah Weeks

The proper way is lost to me; my compass spins. I therefore give my entire attention to those works that seem to me most incorruptible: the application of heat, the proportion of seasoning, the arrangement of a plate. When robbed of all pretensions and aspirations, with no proper home nor any knowledge of what discord tomorrow brings, I still may have a pocketful of dignity. The Roman pomp and raiment have fallen away, and I see at last the glory of washed feet and shared bread.

~ Eli Brown

Describing the relationship between the biblical witnesses and the theologians who come after, the author challenges that the theologian is not to correct the notebooks of the biblical writers like some high school teacher. Instead, our theology is always subject to what THEY say, as we willingly submit our notebooks for their approval.

~ Karl Barth

The exegetical foundations would appear to be weak, and one shouldn’t build huge theological edifices, no matter how splendid or consistent, on weak foundations.

~ Ben Witherington Iii

One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only if we expect from it the ultimate answer, shall we receive it. That is because in the Bible God speaks to us. And one cannot simply think about God in one’s own strength, one has to inquire of him. Only if we seek him, will he answer us.

~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I too was pinched off from a piece of clay, I too modeled by omnipotence and flankedby things too wonderful for me

~ Bryana Johnson

Suns are extinguished or become corrupted, planets perish and scatter across the wastes of the sky; other suns are kindled, new planets formed to make their revolutions or describe new orbits, and man, an infinitely minute part of a globe which itself is only an imperceptible point in the immense whole, believes that the universe is made for himself.

~ Paul Henri Thiry D'holbach

I've never been good with asking for help; it seems risky, but at some point when things are really dicey, your stubbornness gives way to a certain form of humility that, after you get over yourself, feels liberating. I started to believe that the universe was conspiring to help me finish my house, sending people along at the right moment.

~ Dee Williams

Pride is yet again in the way of our mind’s ability to accept that we may not be the most intelligent and advanced people in the universe or on Earth since it was formed along with the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.

~ Mario Stinger

Never allow any level of success to steal your humility. You are not the first person to succeed on earth, neither will you be the last one to do so. Please humble yourself and never treat others like they are inferior to you.

~ Hafiz

In a world full of cynics, critics, and competitors, we get to choose instead to be cheerleaders for others.

~ Shelley Hendrix