Quotes About Humility

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.

A man is not learned because he talks much; he who is patient, free from hatred and fear, he is called learned.

There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.

In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.

The mark of a man of the world is absence of pretension.

Take a picture not a trophy This is how real men shoot animals

Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.

It is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not imagine that the whole universe exists only for him.

The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.

A man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ.

A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him.

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that.

Every man is entitled to make a darn fool of himself at least once in a lifetime.

The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.

'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will

Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to attention, all meant nothing to me ... till I came to the old man's office. (On becoming prime minister)

Be for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge.

For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man's wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.

Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves.

In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.

No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.