Quotes About Humility

I will not meddle with that which I cannot mend.

It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill-success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ingratitude of man, or the iniquity of the times may rob thee of other rewards.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits ... he has gained facts, learned his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit, has got moderation and real skill.

A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.

Early in life I had to choose between arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

As a beauty I am not a star, There are others more handsome by far, But my face - I don't mind it For I am behind it. It's the people in front get the jar.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Borrowing is not much better than begging.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, refrains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

They are proud in humility; proud that they are not proud.

My poor are my best patients. God pays for them.

That charity which longs to publish itself, ceases to be charity.

Jesus... was made a little lower than the angels.

The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded God, were egotistical or impatient in their turns, made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven.

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness; glad of other men's good, content with my harm.

You never say a word of yourself, dear Lady Grey. You have that dreadful sin of anti-egotism.

Any fool can criticize, and many of them do.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

The dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.