There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
~ Abu Bakr
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
~ William Penn
Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.
~ Robert Andrews Millikan
We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
~ F. Sionil José
Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.
~ Milan Kundera
One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.
~ Jim Yong Kim
It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.
~ Dee Hock
There is no international problem that can be addressed or solved without the engagement and leadership of the United States and everybody in the world knows that, its just fact of life. So sometimes I think we could conduct ourselves with a little more humility.
~ Robert M. Gates
Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.
~ Tariq Ramadan
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
~ Charles Caleb Colton
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
~ Thomas S. Monson
Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.
~ Laura Linney
To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.
~ Sarah Kay
I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
~ John Ruskin
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
~ Saint Augustine
Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.
~ Simon Sinek
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.
Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.
~ Joseph B. Wirthlin
Humility may well be one of the most difficult of the fruit of the Spirit to be cultivated in us - and to maintain. That's because without humility, it's not likely that you will put your complete trust in God.
~ Joyce Meyer
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
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
~ Vince Cable
Humility is of central importance I think it's an underappreciated virtue in the contemporary discussion of law and politics.
~ Cass Sunstein
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
~ Ezra Taft Benson
Ending poverty calls for humility, honesty, freedom from ideology and refusal to accept cruel simplicities about anyone's human potential. It requires listening to the wisdom and cutting the nonsense from both the Right and the Left.
~ Donella Meadows
Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man's idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.
~ Charles Spurgeon
True humility is contentment.
~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ultimate lack of control over the world we live in. Mountains that demand humility, and yield so much peace in return.
~ Alex Lowe
There is nothing I can do to undo what I did. I can only say again how sorry I am to those I let down and then strive to go forward with a greater sense of humility and purpose, and with gratitude to those who stood with me during a very difficult chapter in my life.
~ David Petraeus
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.
~ George Hickenlooper
Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
~ Francis Of Assisi
Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swing. You lay it all on the line.
~ Bryant Gumbel
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
My philosophy is really based on humility. I don't think we know enough to fix either diagnostics or therapeutics. The future of psychiatry is clinical neuroscience, based on a much deeper understanding of the brain.
~ Thomas R. Insel
I'd say I'm a bit antimadridista although I do not know where my future will be, but it's a team that I never liked. I get the impression that it is an arrogant club, about how the players are. Without humility, you cannot get anywhere.
~ Isco
