Quotes About Humility

To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.

An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But unfortunately, I'm only a man.'

You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.

The confession of one man humbles all.

Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.

Man's grandeur is that he knows himself to be miserable.

Join me in my quest for a greater understanding of our existence. Join me in my desire for a greater self. Join me as I seek the humility to love and understand my fellow man.

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley

The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made: Men scent our fragrance on the air, Yet take no heed Of humble lessons we would read.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

He who fears the face of God does not fear the face of man. He who fears the face of man does not fear the face of God.

When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves."

Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same.

...a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.

Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.

I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet.

Men who sit back and pride themselves on their culture haven't any to speak of.

Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.

Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir.

Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.

The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men.

A man is never more serious than when he praise himself.