Humility Quotes
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I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.
James McGreevey
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Seek the simplest in all things, in food, clothing, without being ashamed of poverty. For a great part of the world lives in poverty. Do not say, "I am the son of a rich man. It is shameful for me to be in poverty." Christ, your Heavenly Father, Who gave birth to you in the baptistery, is not in worldly riches. Rather he walked in poverty and had nowhere to lay His head.
Gennadius of Constantinople
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The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
Joseph Addison
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
William Penn
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Higher position means greater service and an apportunity to purely represent Srila Prabhupada. Hence our management must be based on humility and tolerance.
Bhakti Charu Swami
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True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.
Martin Luther
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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.
William P. Young
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All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.
Lao Tzu
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Humility, reverence, compassion, forbearance, sacrifice and self-control are the qualities that reveal the outcome of the true education.
Sai Baba
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There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required.
Prince Andrew
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Humility is not just declaring that you are not God. It is deciding daily to not be God.
Darrin Patrick
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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.
Bryant H. McGill
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Sir" said Mrs. Meade indignantly. "There are NO deserters in the Confederate army." "I beg your pardon," said Rhett with mock humility. "I meant those thousands on furlough who FORGOT to rejoin their regiments and those who have been over their wounds for six months but who remain at home, going about their usual business or doing the spring plowing.
Margaret Mitchell
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Put all our pride away, always find a gentle word to say, you know we shouldn't be full of ourselves when we should be full of humility .
Dawud Wharnsby Ali
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.
Jim Yong Kim
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The self says, I am; The heart says, I am less; The spirit says, you are Nothing.
Theodore Roethke
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The greatest things I have learned from Coach Dungy would have to be humility and consistency. He truly leads by example, and he does it consistently. This allows people to really see his faith every single day, and that's the most important thing.
Ben Utecht
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Film and stage are very different; I don't necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be.
Rhys Ifans
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Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.
Stanley Hauerwas
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Sometimes we shrink from leadership because our pride makes us afraid of failure. That's not humility.
Francis Chan
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Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves to principles. Pride says that we are in control, and since our values govern our behavior, we can simply do life our way.
Stephen Covey
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If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.
Paul Keating