Humble Quotes
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In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists. Now they sit still and permit professionals to entertain them by the aid of machinery. It is difficult to believe that general artistic culture can flourish in this atmosphere of passivity.
Aldous Huxley
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What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.
Patrick Lencioni
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I see myself a humble man, and I tell you I have no ambitions to be president.
Emmerson Mnangagwa
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I try to keep it the same, try to stay humble.
Jacob deGrom
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It's a challenge to demonstrate that you can prepare some really interesting food with humble ingredients.
Charlie Trotter
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I am cocky in prediction, I am confident in preparation but I am always humble in victory or defeat.
Conor McGregor
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The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
Edmund Waller
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Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.
Ferran Adria
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Swedes are a really humble and shy people in many ways, but I think it's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Little girls want to take photographs with me at lunch.
Joel Kinnaman
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I'm humble 'cause I think many years ago people say, 'Well, Alibaba's terrible company'. And I know we were not that terrible. We're pretty good; we're better than people thought. But today, when people have a high expectation on you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet.
Jack Ma
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I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble and has a really caring heart.
Robert H. Schuller
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Truth should so humble that even dust could crush it.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way. Sense of humor is definitely important. And sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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The life of Christ was a life of humble simplicity, yet how infinitely exalted was his mission. Christ is our example in all things.
Ellen G. White
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It never rains when you want it to You humble me, Lord
Norah Jones
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Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call "humble" nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is a nobody. Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.
C. S. Lewis
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If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.
John Maynard Keynes
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As a writer, a blank page will humble the hell out of you. It always does, and it always will.
Barry Jenkins
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By foreign hands thy dying eyes were closed, By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed, By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned, By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned.
Alexander Pope
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I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and... I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.
Khabib Nurmagomedov
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The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.
Joe Orton
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Africa doesn't leap on you immediately; it seeps slowly, and it's incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
Jill Scott
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Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.
Frederick Douglass
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Gratitude is a humble emotion. It expresses itself in a thousand ways, from a sincere thank you to friend or stranger, to the mute, up-reaching acknowledgment to God--not for the gifts of this day only, but for the day itself; not for what we believe will be ours in the future, but for the bounty of the past.
Faith Baldwin