Quotes About Humility

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

Allah the Exalted loves him who forgoes worldly life, the Angels love him who rejects the vices, and the Muslims love him who gives up greediness in respect of the Muslims.

The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.

Guard your tongue from praise as you have guarded it from blame.

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.

The heartbrokenness of the sinner is better than the forcefulness of the obedient

Anyone who rises above the things of this world, to which you kneel, is mightier than you.

If your pride leads you to boast, you will be doubly guilty, because your intelligence will have shown that it is incapable of controlling your pride.

The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.

These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.

We used to say that those amongst us with the most sins are those who spend their time talking about the sins of others.

The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

What would you think of a person who always wanted things from you but never offered a word of thanks in return? We can be that way with God, can't we? Let's remember to thank Him.

The four sayings that lead to wisdom: I was wrong I'm sorry I don't know I need help

Those that expose themselves as knowing the truth, lose the battle of innocence and humility and eventually pull a trigger at the universe. Wisdom chooses the unknown to be its reason.

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom.