Quotes About Humility

There never was, there never will be, a man who is always praised, or a man who is always blamed.

Liberality attended with mild language; learning without pride; valour united with mercy; wealth accompanied with a generous contempt of it?these four qualities are with difficulty acquired.

Be good to people in your way up, so if you ever fall you will need their support on your way down.

Lay aside dreams of greatness and embrace dreams of dependency

Lay aside the thirst for honor from others and seek to honor others instead

It is Proust's courtesy to spare the reader the embarrassment of believing himself cleverer than the author.

Do not dismiss what you do not understand

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

pride must be in the work, not the person.

No doubt the decline of religion accounts for the rise in self-obsession and self-importance that is everywhere observable. One of the great advantages of the Christian philosophy was that it managed to reconcile the unique importance of each man with humility. Every man was important in the eyes of God, and in that sense was at home in the universe because the universe was expressly created for beings such as he.

No man is so brilliant that he can work out everything for himself, so that the wisdom of ages has nothing useful to tell him. To imagine otherwise is to indulge in the most egotistical of hubris.

all the while I was thinking that I was the only man who did not know what I was about, and that all the others did—whereas, as I found out later, pretty much everybody else was as much in the dark as I was.

Tremble in His midst so as to never falter in the midst of the grave responsibilities of life. Humility properly placed is the only sure foundation of leadership.

Made sure you saw my feet of clay.

Make me the father, O Lord, who will show my sons enough of a sense of humor, so that they will always be serious, but never take themselves too seriously. Give them humility, so they will always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength.

Healthy church membership means you find your joy in being last, instead of seeking your way and being first.

Confident and courageous leaders have no problems pointing out their own weaknesses and ignorance.

Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou are not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?

The deepest and most profitable lesson is this,the true knowlege and contempt of ourselves.

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.

Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.