Quotes About Humility

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed.

Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest.

Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of yourself.

The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.

Pity the meek for they shall inherit the earth.

One loses many laughs by not laughing at oneself.

The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer.

He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes.

The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.

Admitting error clears the score, and proves you wiser than before.

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

Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.

The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel.

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "What a dust I raise."

He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks.

To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial disgrace.

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.