Humility Quotes

"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
-Albert Einstein

"Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more."
-Mark Twain

"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility."
-William Shakespeare

"Without humility there can be no humanity."
-John Buchan

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."
-Frederick Warren

"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."
-Confucius

"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."
-Confucius

"You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility."
-Lois McMaster Bujold

"I am no more humble than my talents require."
-Oscar Levant

"Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity."
-Vanna Bonta

"Modesty is the citadel of beauty."
-Demades

"If I had any humility I would be perfect."
-Ted Turner

"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants."
-Isaac Newton

"Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues."
-Kong Fu Zi

"Humility is pride in God."
-Austin O'Malley

"It well becomes a young man to be modest."
-Titus Maccius Plautus

"Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters."
-Jean Baptiste Lacordaire

"In the process of trial and error, Our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility."
-Master Jin Kwon

"Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth."
-Madam Guizot

"Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us all forward."
-Jon Meacham

"In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?"
-Kanye West

"If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect."
-Ted Turner

"Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces."
-William Gurnall

"I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself."
-Edith Sitwell

"The loss of one's dignified bearing is often sudden."
-Jerry Van Amerongen

"The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it."
-George Bernard Shaw

"Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride."
-Ernest Hemingway

"Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change."
-Frank Lloyd Wright