Quotes about Humility

“Too humble is half proud.”

“Too much humility is pride.”

“Don't be humble, you're not that great.”

“Without humility there can be no humanity.”

“The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.”

“The graveyards are full of indispensable men.”

“He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.”

“Humility is no substitute for a good personality.”

“The cross is the invincible sanctuary of the humble.”

“When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.”

“The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.”

“I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.”

“Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.”

“They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.”

“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”

“A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.”

“Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.”

“One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.”

“Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.”

“The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.”

“A man who is at the top is a man who has the habit of getting to the bottom.”

“Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.”

“If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.”

“Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.”

“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.”

“Humility is indeed beatness, a compulsory virtue that no one exhibits unless he has to.”

“Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.”

“Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.”

“Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.”

“Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.”