Humility Quotes

34 quotations about Humility
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Muhammad Ali · Humility
When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.
Muhammad Ali · Humility
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
George Arliss · Humility
Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.
Ernest Moritz Arndt · Humility
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
St. Augustine · Humility
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
Ludwig Van Beethoven · Humility
Before honor is humility.
Bible · Humility
Without humility there can be no humanity.
John Buchan · Humility
Humility is indeed beatness, a compulsory virtue that no one exhibits unless he has to.
William S. Burroughs · Humility
They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.
Robert Burton · Humility
The cross is the invincible sanctuary of the humble.
Eli Cass · Humility
Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.
Joe Davis · Humility
Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.
Gustave Flaubert · Humility
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
Charles De Gaulle · Humility
One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe · Humility
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Edgar Watson Howe · Humility
Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld · Humility
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
Fran Lebowitz · Humility
Don't be humble, you're not that great.
Golda Meir · Humility
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
Helen Nielsen · Humility
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.
Friedrich Nietzsche · Humility
The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.
Joe Orton · Humility
If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.
Blaise Pascal · Humility
The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.
Phaedrus · Humility
Too much humility is pride.
German Proverb · Humility

Authors on Humility

Muhammad Ali George Arliss Ernest Moritz Arndt St. Augustine Ludwig Van Beethoven Bible John Buchan William S. Burroughs Robert Burton Eli Cass Joe Davis Gustave Flaubert Charles De Gaulle German Proverb Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Edgar Watson Howe Francois De La Rochefoucauld Fran Lebowitz Golda Meir Helen Nielsen