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Quotes About Humility

Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.
~ Pope John XXIII
Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
~ Bear Bryant
We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones.
~ Andy Rooney
I am not too proud of having my name associated with some of my restaurants.
~ Colonel Sanders
Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
~ Jack Nicklaus
I am imperfect and proud of it. No one is perfect.
~ Hina Khan
The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
~ Fulton J. Sheen
I am a proud man and never takes things for granted in my life.
~ Bernard Hopkins
With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
As a true scientist, I have been proved wrong so many times that I'm very humble.
~ Kip Thorne
Politicians make mistakes. People misspeak in public. God knows I have proven both. A lot.
~ R. T. Rybak
I don't want to be one of those guys that people just talk about. I'm not good with people talking about me. I'd rather be the guy that just goes out and proves himself, and there's nothing left to say.
~ Greg Oden
Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live - and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.
~ Euripides
Let mortal man keep to his own Mortality, and not expect too much.
~ Euripides
Para mi quiero, antes que un rico, un Pobre que tenga un alma grande.
~ Euripides
Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom.
~ Evelyn Waugh
But I don't know a word of German, I've had no experience, I've got no testimonials, and I can't play cricket.' 'It doesn't do to be too modest,' said Mr Levy. 'It's wonderful what one can teach when one tries.
~ Evelyn Waugh
The Grace of God is in courtesy';
~ Evelyn Waugh
These were not just Mao's mistakes, they were all our mistakes. Many of us made mistakes; we lacked experience and had poor judgment." He added, "We are very poor. We are very backward. We have to recognize that. We have a lot to do, a long way to go and a lot to learn.
~ Ezra F. Vogel
Whenever you feel like criticising any one, just remember that all of the people in the world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
~ F Scott Fitzgerald
Whenever you feel like criticising any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
~ F Scott Fitzgerald
credit is something that should be given to others. If you are in a position to give credit to yourself, then you do not need it.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Quando te sentires com vontade de criticar alguém, lembra-te disto: nem todos tiveram neste mundo as vantagens que tu tiveste.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Çok genç ve toy günlerimde babam?n verdiÄŸi bir öÄŸüt akl?mdan hiç ç?kmad?. "?çinden ne zaman birini eleÅŸtirmek gelse," demiÅŸti, " bu dünyada herkesin senin sahip olduÄŸun üstünlüklerle doÄŸmad???n? an?msa, yeter.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald