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491 HUMBLE QUOTES – Humility Quotes To Be Humble And Stay Humble

 

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If you really want to develop a better relationship with your family, friends and colleagues, practising humility is really important. Humility makes all of us more likeable where as arrogance and ego attract hatred and dislikes. These humble quotes will definitely help you to stay humble and helps you to remind yourself the awesome power of humility.

 

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STAY HUMBLE QUOTES

 

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. William Temple

 

“Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it.” –David Richo

 

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university. Albert Einstein

 

Humility is the proper estimate of oneself. Charles Spurgeon

 

“Humility is the courage to be honest with yourself and those around you.” – Ken Poirot

 

“Humility is nothing but the disappearance of self in the vision that God is all.” – Andrew Murray

 

Humility is the surest sign of strength. Thomas Merton

 

“Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God.” –Andrew Murray

 

Humility is the key to moral excellence. It is the noblest quality a person can possess. […] It is the mother of all possibilities. Venerable Master Hsin Yun

 

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. Augustine of Hippo

 

“…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.” –Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

 

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

 

“Humility is not weak, powerless, faint, a pushover, a punching bag or an abuse magnet, because above all — humility cares.” –Bryant McGill

 

Meaning of Humility

 

QUOTES ABOUT HUMILITY AND KINDNESS

 

“Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are.” – Criss Jami

 

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. Simone Weil

 

The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility. Charles Caleb Colton

 

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Sometimes you have to lose something to gain something better. A door has to shut before a new door can open. Joel Osteen

 

Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon

 

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. – Malcolm S. Forbes

 

In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you lose your peace of heart. Thomas Merton

 

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Alexander Pope

 

“Humility is the nearly impossible task of being more concerned with our own sins that we are with the sins of others.” – Trevor hammack

 

We are all stumblers, and the beauty and meaning of life are in the stumbling. David Brooks

 

WHAT IS A HUMBLE PERSON LIKE?

 

Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop. Joyce Meyer

 

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. Augustine of Hippo

 

Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything. Patrick Süskind

 

QUOTES ABOUT BEING HUMBLE

 

Humility, gentleness, and helpfulness go so much further and open doors you cannot imagine. Ann Tran

 

Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. – Oliver Herford

 

Stand in utter humility at the sight of your true potential for mastery. Robin Sharma

 

The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow. Aaron Lauritsen

 

Be humble, hungry and the hardest worker in the room. Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)

 

I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. Lao Tzu

 

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Augustine of Hippo

 

I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. Helen Keller

 

Never, ‘for the sake of peace and quiet,’ deny your own experience or convictions. Dag Hammarskjold

 

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility. Rachel Carson

 

Stay true in the dark and humble in the spotlight. Harold B. Lee

 

Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you. Andrew Murray

 

“Humility is not a matter of self-effacement and self-negation but of being open always to new ways of being responsible.” –Ada María Isasi-Díaz, En La Lucha = In The Struggle: A Hispanic Women’s Liberation Theology

 

“humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.” –John Piper

 

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BE HUMBLE QUOTES

 

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. Socrates

 

Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them. H. Jackson Brown Jr

 

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. Augustine of Hippo

 

Don’t seek praise. Let your effort speak for itself. Unknown

 

“As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.” –C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

 

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. – Author Unknown

 

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. Diogenes

 

Humble is such a lonely word. – Kak Sri

 

You cannot solve a problem with the same brain that caused the problem; first you must change your mindset. Robert T. Kiyosaki

 

“A nation that places its laws over its humanity lacks both humility and humanity.” –Rian Nejar

 

“There is no shame in meeting a worthy opponent. It means there is more to learn, a welcome reminder to pursue humility.” –Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

 

Even when it speaks, humility listens. Thomas Merton

 

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop. Rumi

 

HOW CAN YOU BE HUMBLE AND SIMPLE?

 

Modesty: The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are. – Author Unknown

 

There is no birth of consciousness without pain. Carl Jung

 

“You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

 

Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Carl Jung

 

True humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

 

Something beautiful can happen to people when their world falls apart: humility, nobility and wisdom emerge just when our knees hit the floor. Marianne Williamson

 

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually the most ambitious and envious. Baruch Spinoza

 

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous. Blaise Pascal

 

All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. Lao Tzu

 

Confidence is important but ego is something false. Humility is the way to build confidence. Frank Shamrock

 

Realize that you are simultaneously everything and nothing – and decide what you want to be. Ray Dalio (Life principle 1.5d in his book Principles)

 

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it. Ernest Holmes

 

“Humility has nothing to do with depreciating ourselves and our gifts in ways we know to be untrue. Even “humble” attitudes can be masks of pride. Humility is that freedom from our self which enables us to be in positions in which we have neither recognition nor importance, neither power nor visibility, and even experience deprivation, and yet have joy and delight. It is the freedom of knowing that we are not in the center of the universe, not even in the center of our own private universe.” –David F. Wells, Losing Our Virtue

 

QUOTES ON BEING HUMBLE

 

Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of oneself. T.S. Eliot

 

You must be humble, but never “modest”. Paulo Coelho

 

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. Søren Kierkegaard

 

The truth is a trap: you cannot get it without it getting you; you cannot get the truth by capturing it, only by its capturing you. Søren Kierkegaard

 

The measure of who we are is how we react to something that does not go our way. Gregg Popovich

 

You are going to die. Shay Carl

 

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Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Steve Jobs

 

Often the problem turns out to be you. Shane Parrish

 

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. Arthur C. Clarke

 

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. Dr. Paul Farmer

 

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. Kahlil Gibran

 

“The most beautiful women I have known had one thing in common apart from beauty: humility. It’s a shame that those with less to boast about do it the most.”― Donna Lynn Hope

 

HUMBLE YOURSELF QUOTES

 

Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. D. H. Lawrence

 

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

It is the desire for success that prevents humility; and without humility how can there be understanding? Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

I’ve done what I could, let those who can do better. Alexander Solzhenitsyn

 

The point is urgency. Appreciation. Humility. The present moment. Ryan Holiday

 

Reminding ourselves each day that we will die, helps us treat our time as a gift. Ryan Holiday

 

Making mistakes isn’t enough to become great. You must also admit the mistake, and then learn how to turn that mistake into an advantage. Robert T. Kiyosaki

 

When in trouble, be humble, write down the mistakes you’ve made and why you made them, and then seek help from successful people in those fields. Robert T. Kiyosaki

 

Experience gained in mastering one domain will be valuable in mastering another, if you can retain the humility that allows you to tolerate being a beginner. The Stoic Emperor

 

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others. Gordon B. Hinckley

 

Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough? Leo Tolstoy

 

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world. Miyamoto Musashi

 

“Parents themselves should be humble so that children can observe humility at close quarters.” – Anupam Sibal

 

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues. Confucius

 

HUMBLE AND KIND QUOTES

 

“Learning is a feeling between humility and simplicity.” –Alan Maiccon

 

Pride is the problem, humility is the answer. Joyce Meyer

 

Grateful yet ambitious. Wordly yet wise. Strong yet loving. Robin Sharma

 

Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up. Jesse Jackson

 

The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast. Lao Tzu

 

“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.”-Epictetus

 

The greatest wisdom consists in knowing one’s own follies. Madeleine De Souvre Sable

 

“The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.” –T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

 

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. Winston Churchill

 

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. John Wooden

 

“As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don’t think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, ‘I’m probably no better than you, but I’m certainly your equal.” –Harper Lee

 

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“Simplicity is a bliss that makes one comprehend.” –Criss Jami, Killosophy

 

I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. Socrates

 

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. John C. Maxwell

 

“True humility emerges from a sense of wonder and awe. It’s an appreciation that our time on earth is limited but that there’s something timeless at the core of every being. Embracing humility liberates us from the egotism that drives both perfectionism and self-sabotage, opening us to a deeper experience of self-worth.” –Michael J Gelb, The Art of Connection: 7 Relationship-Building Skills Every Leader Needs Now

 

Audacity gets you to shoot for big goals and humility gives you the open-mindedness to take in the best thinking available to you to get you to those goals. Ray Dalio

 

What if, for starters, instead of constantly trying to prove how much smarter we are than others, we look for the intelligence in what others do. Neil Strauss

 

Humility is clearer-eyed than ego – and that’s important because humility always works harder than ego. Ryan Holiday

 

How Humility Will Make You the Greatest Person Ever

 

The faculty to think objectively is reason; the emotional attitude behind reason is that of humility. Erich Fromm

 

We’re all the stars of our own movies, but cutting back on the number of Do you know who I am? thoughts made my life infinitely smoother. Dan Harris

 

My opponent is my teacher. My ego is my enemy. Renzo Gracie

 

A man is never so badly cheated as when he believes too much in himself. – James Lendall Basford (1845–1915), Sparks from the Philosopher’s Stone, 1882

 

BEING HUMBLE QUOTES

 

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. Thomas Huxley

 

We can’t bring anything to us unless we are grateful for what we already have. Rhonda Byrne

 

Humility requires discipline of the tongue. Joyce Meyer

 

Be like the bamboo the higher you grow the deeper you bow. Chinese proverb

 

“Humility empties us of ourselves so that we can be filled with all of the things that we would otherwise never realize we had missed.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough

 

Everyone praises their own work (or possession), no matter how inferior it is. Russian proverb

 

Self praise is no recommendation. Romanian proverb

 

Chickens don’t praise their own soup. Martinican proverb

 

“Humility is not a one time lesson that comes when you have lost everything. It is a daily reminder of how far we have come, yet still short of who we can be through HIS guidance. Blessed is the soul that can recognize that he isn’t moving mountains, but God is for him.” –Shannon Alder

 

Spoil not an act of kindness by speaking of it. Proverb

 

To a person who has true humility, words are vows. Filipino proverb

 

Even if you believe you are right, consider the possibility that you could be wrong. Joyce Meyer

 

No one may pride himself at being more than an individual, and no one despondently think that he is not an individual. Søren Kierkegaard

 

STAYING HUMBLE QUOTES

 

Be careful, ever so careful, in trumpeting your own achievements, and always talk less about yourself than about other people. Modesty is generally preferable. Robert Greene

 

We have to allow ourselves to realize that we are complete fools; otherwise, we have nowhere to begin. Chögyam Trungpa

 

Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

 

Some ask if lowering one’s pride is conceding defeat. I think not. Humility is a sign of inner strength and wisdom. Haemin Sunim

 

Be humble if thou wouldst attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. – Helena P. Blavatsky (1831–1891)

 

Pride is concerned with who is right while humility is concerned with what is right. Ezra Taft Benson

 

Humility, like gratitude, is not so much a technique as it is a way of life. Ed Latimore

 

“The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.” –Mahatma Gandhi , Gandhi: An autobiography

 

Keep your head up in failure, and your head down in success. Jerry Seinfeld

 

The first product of self-knowledge is humility. Flannery O’Connor

 

If humility does not precede all that we do, our efforts are fruitless. Augustine of Hippo

 

Minimizing your achievements doesn’t do anyone any good. Own your success. Amy Morin

 

It’s much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity. Criss Jami

 

The challenges we face in life can often be our greatest gifts with the right perspective. Tony Robbins

 

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It’s also a powerful motivator. Yogi Berra

 

You are very smart and have a lot of knowledge, but don’t let that knowledge hold you back. Robert T. Kiyosaki

 

HUMBLE BEGINNING QUOTES

 

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity. Keshavan Nair

 

Look closely at your life: you have received and continue to receive so much each and every day. There is really so much to give thanks for! Rhonda Byrne

 

Happiness is the shortcut to anything you want in your life. If you can just manage to feel and be happy now, the rest will come. Rhonda Byrne

 

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Mark Twain

 

Humility isn’t denying your strengths; it’s being honest about your weaknesses. Rick Warren

 

To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness. Ursula K. Le Guin

 

If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you, no humility, no compassion. Eckhart Tolle

 

Humility of heart is the first step to salvation. Zac Poonen

 

Until you have suffered much in your heart, you cannot learn humility. Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

 

Without patience, there can be no genius. Robin Sharma

 

WHAT IS A HUMBLE MAN?

 

When we stop taking risks, we stop living life. Robin Sharma

 

Failure is fuel for success. If you choose so. Robin Sharma

 

If pain doesn’t lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering. Katerina Stoykova Klemer

 

Any kind of encounter with adversity or limitation, at any age, can serve as the crucible for forging the attitude of fearlessness. Robert Greene

 

The more I see of the world and the more people I meet, the less certain I become about who I am and what sense there is to life. Keenu Reeves

 

REMAIN HUMBLE QUOTES

 

A humble man is not afraid of failure. In fact, he is not afraid of anything, even himself. Thomas Merton

 

Humility is the foundation for every good attitude. Joyce Meyer

 

Life is full of troubles. Endure them well. The Stoic Emperor

 

In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself. William Countryman

 

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength. Criss Jami

 

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. C. S. Lewis

 

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. Thomas Merton

 

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. Rabindranath Tagore

 

The best of people is the one who humbles himself the more his rank increases. Prophet Muhammad

 

Mastery begins with humility. Robin Sharma

 

Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything. Imam Ali

 

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it. Criss Jami

 

Perhaps wisdom…is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go. Anthony Bourdain

 

“These are the few ways we can practice humility:

To speak as little as possible of one’s self.

To mind one’s own business.

Not to want to manage other people’s affairs.

To avoid curiosity.

To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully.

To pass over the mistakes of others.

To accept insults and injuries.

To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.

To be kind and gentle even under provocation.

Never to stand on one’s dignity.

To choose always the hardest.” ― Mother Teresa

 

QUOTES ABOUT BEING HUMBLE AND GRATEFUL

 

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. Mother Teresa

 

People search for certainty. But there is no certainty. Richard P. Feynman

 

Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying. Saint Vincent de Paul

 

True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. – Edward Frederick Halifax

 

“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” –Mahatma Gandhi

 

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot. 

 

QUOTES ON HUMBLE

 

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. Bill Gates

 

The man who thinks he can live without others is mistaken; the one who thinks others can’t live without him is even more deluded. – Hasidic Saying

 

These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one’s self. To mind one’s own business. Not to want to manage other people’s affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be kind and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one’s dignity. To choose always the hardest. Mother Teresa

 

You shouldn’t gloat about anything you’ve done; you ought to keep going and find something better to do. – David Packard

 

Nobody has ever expected me to be president. In my poor, lean lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting. Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. President)

 

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. Colin Powell

 

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. Albert Einstein

 

I hear my friends and my mom tell me I’m special, but honestly, I still don’t get it. LeBron James

 

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. Harry S. Truman (33rd U.S. President)

 

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway

 

Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved? Carl Sagan

 

I truly believe we are all equal as human beings. Conor McGregor

 

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt

 

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. Mahatma Gandhi

 

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself. Blaise Pascal

 

If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you. Mike Tyson

 

HUMBLE QUOTES ABOUT LIFE

 

“To find the balance you want, this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it’s like you have 4 legs instead of 2. That way, you can stay in the world. But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way, you will know God.” –Elizabeth Gilbert

 

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. Abraham Lincoln

 

Humility, like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights. Henry David Thoreau

 

There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status. Nelson Mandela

 

Accept everything which happens, even if it seem disagreeable, because it leads to this, the health of the universe. Marcus Aurelius

 

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“Anyone who has mastered a weapon – truly mastered it – is a humble man or woman.” –Steven Erikson, The Crippled God

 

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. Marcus Tullius Cicero

 

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it. Francis Bacon

 

You won’t learn if you think you already know everything. Robert T. Kiyosaki

 

“Humility is the fruit of inner security and wise maturity. To be humble is to be so sure of one’s self and one’s mission that one can forego calling excessive attention to one’s self and status.” ― Cornel West, Race Matters

 

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. Benjamin Franklin

 

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service and character. William Arthur Ward

 

My desire for knowledge is intermittent, but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and constant. Henry David Thoreau

 

“The humble listen to their brothers and sisters because they assume they have something to learn. They are open to correction, and they become wiser through it.” Fr. Thomas Dubay

 

“Thank you” – two words that have the most unfathomable power to transform your life. Say thank you to everyone you meet today. Rhonda Byrne

 

“Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.” Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

 

HUMBLE PERSON QUOTES

 

Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. Andrew Murray

 

In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same. Eckhart Tolle

 

“You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest.” Lloyd Alexander, The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen

 

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. John Madden

 

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people. Tim Tebow

 

The humblest is the greatest. To display humility isn’t weak. It’s strong and sure and brave. Robin Sharma

 

Humbleness is a sign of bigness – never weakness. Robin Sharma

 

Simplicity is the trademark of genius. Robin Sharma

 

Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them. John J. McCloy

 

Humility and simplicity help us better than anything else to acquire the right frame of mind to grow towards perfection. Abbe de Tourville

 

Selflessness is humility. Humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free. Jeff Wilson

 

There is something in humility which, strangely enough, exalts the heart, and something in pride which debases it. Augustine of Hippo

 

True humility is staying teachable, regardless of how much you already know. Unknown

 

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout. Leonardo da Vinci

 

Be smart, but never show it. Louis B Mayer

 

“There is no honour like humility.” –Lailah Gifty Akita

 

If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect. – Ted Turner

 

STAY HUMBLE AND KIND QUOTES

 

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. – Benjamin Franklin

“Humility leads harmony in humanity.” –Lailah Gifty Akita

 

A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing. Albert Einstein

 

Blushing is the color of virtue. Diogenes

 

A boaster and a liar are cousins. – German proverb

 

A great man is always willing to be little. Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility. T.S. Eliot

 

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Booker T. Washington

 

Don’t talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave. – Wilson Mizner

 

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. John Ruskin

 

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.” ― Winston S. Churchill

 

Humility is absolutely necessary for true learning. Robert T. Kiyosaki

 

It takes a big person to do something small. Joel Osteen

 

“One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.” –Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet

 

A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing. Albert Einstein

“Humility leads to harmony.” –Lailah Gifty Akita

 

BE HUMBLE QUOTES AND SAYINGS

 

“Without humility is there any harmony ?” –Lailah Gifty Akita
It is always the secure who are humble. – G.K. Chesterton

 

POLITE AND HUMBLE QUOTES

 

Without humility there can be no humanity. John Buchan

 

Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives. Yasmin Mogahed

 

The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor Dostoevsky

 

“True humility is a humble heart.” –Lailah Gifty Akita

 

Humility is not a trait I often associate with America. Mira Nair

 

“True humility is fearless honesty.” –Lailah Gifty Akita

 

The greatest patience is humility. Atiśa Dīpa kara Śrījñāna

 

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected. William Safire

 

BEAUTIFUL AND HUMBLE QUOTES

 

There is beauty and humility in imperfection. Guillermo del Toro

 

“Life is a long lesson in humility.” –J.M. Barrie, The Little Minister

 

True humility is contentment. Henri Frederic Amiel

 

“Humility is the root of harmony in humanity.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

 

If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect. Ted Turner

 

“Humility comes through awareness of the depths of yourself.” –Abhijit Naskar, Time to Save Medicine

 

Learn to laugh at yourselves as one must laugh! Friedrich Nietzsche

 

“Fearless honesty is true humility.” –Lailah Gifty Akita

 

Modesty is a lubricant for unpleasant intrusions. Norman Mailer

 

Work hard, stay humble. – Unknown

 

Swallow your pride occasionally, it’s non-fattening! – Author Unknown

 

He who tries to shine dims his own light. Lao Tzu

 

HUMBLE QUOTES FUNNY

 

I have nothing to declare except my genius. Oscar Wilde

 

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom. Michel de Montaigne

 

Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. Ann Landers

 

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us. Laurence J. Peter

 

Just remember, when someone has an accent, it means that he knows one more language than you do. Sidney Sheldon

 

If I had to name my greatest strength, I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness, it’s possible that I’m a little too awesome. Barack Obama

 

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, “He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone. Epictetus

 

Who knows himself a braggart, let him fear this, for it will come to pass that every braggart shall be found an ass. William Shakespeare

 

Whenever the world throws rose petals at you, which thrill and seduce the ego, beware. The cosmic banana peel is suddenly going to appear underfoot to make sure you don’t take it all too seriously, that you don’t fill up on junk food. Anne Lamott

 

I want to establish that I’m a “dumb shit” who doesn’t know much relative to what I need to know. Ray Dalio

 

I don’t want to see you. I don’t like you. I don’t like your face. You look like an insufferable egotist. You’re impertinent. You’re too sure of yourself. Ayn Rand

 

“Until you have suffered much in your heart, you cannot learn humility.” –Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica, Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

 

HUMBLE QUOTES FROM THE BIBLE

 

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. Mark Twain

 

If your sentence starts with “I could be wrong”, it’s a good sign you should shut your mouth or ask a question. Shane Parrish

 

I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud. Carl Jung

 

Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale. Adlai Stevenson

 

A lot of people think that to be a motherfucker is to be a person who is the dominant figure. But I actually think that true motherfuckerhood … really has to do with being humble. Cheryl Strayed

 

Don’t talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave. Wilson Mizner

 

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. Carl Jung

 

“Humility and pride will forever battle whenever or wherever love is concerned” –Jeremy Aldana

 

Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love. John Wesley

 

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble. Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

SMILE AND HUMBLE QUOTES

 

“If you are anything other than humbled in the presence of love, you are not in the presence of love.” –Marie-Helene Bertino, 2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas

 

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love. Anne Truitt

 

“A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana

 

Meekness and humility are two of the most beautiful aspects of love. Joyce Meyer

 

Humility wins. Love conquers. Robin Sharma

 

Greatness loves gratitude. Robin Sharma

 

“Like melting ice, melt within to purify yourself and to gain the power of purity and humility.” – Debasish Mridha

 

Giving a compliment doesn’t cost anything. It’s just one great way to encourage those around you today. Joyce Meyer

 

IT’S BETTER TO BE HUMBLE

 

Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else. Madeleine L’Engle

 

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have , so to speak , pawned a part of their narcissism. Sigmund Freud

 

Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. Martin Luther King Jr

 

What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love. You can’t see any of those, but they’re the guiding lights of a life. Jimmy Carter

 

Self-reflection starts with humility. It’s the way we begin to get better and strengthen each and every relationship. Todd Davis

 

Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling. Oscar Wilde

 

The healing is in the humility. Not in getting even or holding a grudge. Joel Osteen

 

The obedience is what brings the blessing. The way to be obedient is to walk in humility. Joel Osteen

 

You don’t have to tell people what they’re doing wrong. They already know. Just love them. Let your life be your message. Joel Osteen

 

The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love. Pope Francis

 

Humility is the essence of love and intelligence; it is not an achievement. Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

Don’t put yourself down just to avoid criticism, to please others, or to show your “kindness”. The world needs light, not mediocrity. Paulo Coelho

 

When you wake up to the new day today, before you move, before you do a single thing, say the magic words, thank you. Rhonda Byrne

 

Gratitude eliminates fear, worry, grief, and depression, and brings happiness, kindness, compassion, understanding, and peace of mind. Rhonda Byrne

 

Every time you feel grateful you are giving love, and whatever you give, you receive. Rhonda Byrne

 

Treat yourself with love and respect, and you will attract people who show you love and respect. Rhonda Byrne

 

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don’t think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, “I’m probably no better than you, but I’m certainly your equal”. Harper Lee

 

Love, is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy and allows mutual discovery. Anne Truitt

 

Humility is not one virtue among others, but an attitude by which we stand on the ground alongside things. From this position we can be reconciled with all things and begin a truly cosmic democracy. Leonardo Boff

 

SHORT HUMBLE QUOTES

 

When you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it. Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

If we could see the whole truth of any situation, our only response would be one of compassion. Mingyur Rinpoche

 

There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet, which fails so regularly, as love. Erich Fromm

 

Love, being dependent on the relative absence of narcissism, requires the development of humility, objectivity and reason. Erich Fromm

 

“Thank you” is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. Alice Walker

 

To be humble is to be great. To be loving is to become heroic. Robin Sharma

 

Only humility knows how to appreciate and admire the good qualities of others. Sri Chinmoy

 

There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self. Henri Frederic Amiel

 

ALWAYS BE HUMBLE AND KIND QUOTES

 

“Ego = 1÷Knowledge” –Kaihan Krippendorff

 

Humility will open more doors than arrogance ever will. Zig Ziglar

 

Pride hopes to impress; humility seeks to bless. Stephen R. Covey

 

Humility is the greatest quality that a man can have, and arrogance is undoubtedly the worst. Maulana W. Khan

 

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it. Mignon McLaughlin

 

BEAUTIFUL QUOTES ABOUT BEING HUMBLE

 

Being humble takes more courage than hauling arrogance. Desmond Fouche

 

“Only small men are incapable of seeing something greater than themselves” –Christian Cameron, Marathon: Freedom or Death

 

Arrogance repels. Humility inspires. Robin Sharma

 

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change. Frank Lloyd Wright

 

Humility is the key to growth. If you think you know it all you’re wrong and will be forever stuck where you are. Confidence, not arrogance, is what we should all be after. Brad Stulberg

 

Success leads to the greatest failure, which is pride. Failure leads to the greatest success, which is humility and learning. David Brooks

 

Ego clouds the mind precisely when it needs to be clear. Ryan Holiday

 

Ego is the enemy. Ryan Holiday

 

The arrogant make fun of others.The humble make fun of themselves. Rick Warren

 

Pride makes us more certain and closed-minded than we should be. David Brooks

 

In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same. Eckhart Tolle

 

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. Friedrich Nietzsche

 

People that put themselves above others will fall longer and harder. Gina Lindley

 

Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself. Baruch Spinoza

 

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people. Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Ego is hugely dangerous in this sport, because if you’re running on ego you aren’t running on good clean emotions or cause and effect. You bypass it to support a false idea. It’s all garbage, the ego is garbage. Frank Shamrock

 

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one’s attention from the problem. Dean Acheson

 

Ego says ‘I can do no wrong’, whereas confidence says “I can get this right”. Confidence says “I’m valuable” while ego says “I’m invaluable”. Todd Henry

 

ALWAYS BE HUMBLE QUOTES

 

Don’t let pride hold you back. The new beginning is in your humility. Joel Osteen

 

You can have no greater sign of confirmed pride than when you think you are humble enough. William Law

 

Throughout my life I’ve observed how important it is to cast off all forms of arrogance and cultivate humility. Dr. Wolfgang Porsche

 

Whether you have a Maruti or a BMW, the road remains the same. Whether you travel economy class or business, your destination doesn’t change. Whether you have a Titan or a Rolex, the time is the same. There is nothing wrong in dreaming a luxurious life. What needs to be taken care of is not let need become greed. Because needs can always be met, but greed can never be fulfilled. Rajinikanth

 

Hold back your mind from pride, for pride comes only from ignorance. The man who does not know thinks that he is great, that he has done this or that great thing; the wise man knows that only God is great, that all good work is done by God alone. Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

Humility is a call to see our common-ness, our humanity, indeed, a clarion call to give up the selfishness at the root of all sin. Humility, understood in terms we have been considering, may well be the ‘cure’ for the alienation of our age. Bonnie Thurston

 

Egotism sucks us down like the law of gravity. Cyril Connolly

 

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. Emily Brontë

 

Never make this mistake of thinking that you elevate yourself by humiliating people. Robert Greene

 

There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous. Robert Greene

 

HUMILITY QUOTES ABOUT GOD

 

“Our humility before God has no value, except that it prepares us to reveal the humility of Jesus to our fellow men.” – Andrew Murray

 

No one reaches the kingdom of Heaven except by humility. Augustine of Hippo

 

“Self-emptiness prepares us for spiritual fullness.” – Richard Sibbes (1577-1635)

 

Better to give than to receive. Acts 20:35

 

“Humility is a Divine property and the perfection of the Christian life. It is attained through obedience. He who is not obedient cannot gain humility. There are very few in the world today who have obedience. Our humility is in proportion to our obedience.” –Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica,  Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

 

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Matthew 23:12

 

“Service to humanity is service to God.” – Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

 

No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin. Proverbs 18:12

 

“The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with us, and carry out, in our ordinary conduct; the insignficances of daily life are the importances and the tests of eternity, because they prove what really is the spirit that possesses us.” – Andrew Murray

 

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. Proverbs 18:12

 

“Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root of every virtue. And so pride, or the loss of this humility, is the root of every sin and evil.”

 

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. Proverbs 22:4

 

“Lord, help me to begin to begin.” –George Whitefield

 

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2:3

 

STAY HUMBLE ALWAYS QUOTES

 

“With deep humility, we shall behold the heavenly blessings.” –Lailah Gifty Akita

 

If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13

 

Don’t be misled — you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Galatians 6:7

 

“Humility is knowing where we came from and who our people are. Humility is understanding that without God we are nothing . . . Or as . . . Andrew Murray writes in his classic book Humility, “Humility is simply acknowledging the truth of [our] position as creature and yielding to God His place.” –Hannah Anderson, Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul

 

It is that habitual quality whereby we live in the truth of things: the truth that we are creatures and not the Creator… the truth that in our littleness we have been given extravagant dignity. Robert F. Morneau

 

“Humility does not consist in hiding our talents and virtues, or in thinking of ourselves as being worse than we are, but in realizing that all we are and all that we have are gifts bestowed upon us by God!” –Dada J. P. Vaswani

 

A truly humble person doesn’t engage in self-depreciation – they appreciate all their amazing talents and abilities and recognize they are gifts from God. Joyce Meyer

 

The common man prays, ‘I want a cookie right now!’ And God responds, ‘If you’d listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies. Criss Jami

 

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does. Thomas à Kempis

 

In perfect humility all selfishness disappears and your soul no longer lives for itself or in itself for God: and it is lost and submerged in Him and transformed into Him. Thomas Merton

 

“Humility is acknowledging that without God you wouldn’t have come thus far.” –Gift Gugu Mona

 

God gives us things to share, God doesn’t give us things to hold. Mother Teresa

 

Humility is the key to wonder. As humility grows, wonder deepens. You will see yourself as a temporary expression of God’s infinite and timeless unfolding. Aware of your impermanence, you become brother and sister to all life. You realize the common fate of all beings and find in that realization a compassion that embraces all beings. Rami Shapiro

 

“Be confident because you are a child of God. Be humble because everyone else is too.”

 

I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that He is indeed our Master. John Newton

 

Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3-4

 

Jealousy says, “God, you owe me”. Andy Stanley

 

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. François de La Rochefoucauld

 

HUMILITY QUOTES ABOUT LEARNING

 

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. Ernest Hemingway

 

“Have more humility. Remember you don’t know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life – and maybe even please a few strangers.” –A.L. Kennedy

 

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased. Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

“It is good to be taught humility when we are young. If we do not exeperience pain as children, we will cause pain as adults.” –Darren Shan, Birth of a Killer

 

Learning isn’t acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired. Criss Jami

 

“The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.” –Thomas Henry Huxley

 

The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one’s own accord – it feels great – but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop. Criss Jami

 

“The humble person is open to being corrected, whereas the arrogant is clearly closed to it. Proud people are supremely confident in their own opinions and insights. No one can admonish them successfully: not a peer, not a local superior, not even the pope himself. They know – and that is the end of the matter. Filled as they are with their own views, the arrogant lack the capacity to see another view.” –Fr. Thomas Dubay

 

With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are. Criss Jami

 

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“Humility is a virtue of the heavenly, not arrogance. Are we the most superior beast on earth? No, not in strength and not in intelligence. It is very arrogant to assume that we are the most intelligent species when we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. Both rats and monkeys have been shown to learn from error, yet we have not. More people have died in the name of religion than any other cause on earth. Is massacring God’s creations really serving God – or the devil? And what father would want to see his children constantly divided and fighting? What God would allow a single human life to be sacrificed for monetary gain? Again, the Creator or the devil?” –Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

 

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. Alexander Pope

 

QUOTES ABOUT HUMBLE SERVICE

 

We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. Albert Einstein

 

Learning is the very essence of humility, learning from everything and from everybody. There is no hierarchy in learning. Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

It is an attitude of great hubris to be unwilling to learn. It shows that you think you already know what you need to know. An eagerness to learn from anyone and everyone signifies humility and intelligence. The Ancient Sage

 

Humility is the doorway to truth and clarity of objectives… it’s the doorway to learning. Wynton Marsalis

 

Learning. To believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life. Czesław Miłosz

 

If you don’t look back on yourself and think, “Wow how stupid I was a year ago,” then you must not have learned much in the last year. Ray Dalio

 

If you’re going to reach your highest potential, you have to humble yourself and do things you don’t understand. It takes humility to be the bigger person. Joel Osteen

 

QUOTES ABOUT HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

 

Humility is the first step towards learning. You can’t learn until you are humble enough to realize there is something for you to learn. Robert T. Kiyosaki

 

Successful people ask questions. They seek new teachers. They’re always learning. Robert T. Kiyosaki

 

There is nothing wrong with appearing to be a fool, if what you are doing is in fact intelligent. Paulo Coelho

 

No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. Orson F. Whitney

 

Fight your own pride and ego and be open-minded and always learning new techniques, new things from anyone. Sam Sheridan

 

No learning without humility. No growth without pain. No reward without risk. No change without loss. Embrace. Endure. The Stoic Emperor

 

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in their understanding of things. Bryant H. McGill

 

The moment I learned a lot, I realized how little I knew. Robin Sharma

 

Your thinking creates your world. Your performance causes your impact. And your devotion to learning shapes the depht of your legacy. Robin Sharma

 

Life teaches us through errors. When we accept the lesson from our mistake with humility and gratitude, we grow that much more. Haemin Sunim

 

A scientist is never certain. […] We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning. Richard P. Feynman

 

There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt. Richard P. Feynman

 

To learn requires a sense of humility. Robert Greene (Mastery)

 

To negate the ego you must adopt a kind of humility toward knowledge. Robert Greene

 

HUMBLE LEADERSHIP QUOTES

 

To lead the people, walk behind them. Lao Tzu

 

If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. Lao Tzu

 

“Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the welder, the doctor, and the environmentalist — not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist.” –Suzy Kassem

 

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. Niccolò Machiavelli

 

“The company owner doesn’t need to win. The best idea does.” –John C. Maxwell,

 

Success doesn’t matter if you can’t keep your humility. Mel Robbins

 

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity. Marina Abramovic

 

“People who are ready to learn are those who will be the best to lead.” Israelmore Ayivor

 

QUOTES ABOUT HUMBLE PERSON

 

Let your work speak for you, and then just keep working. Mel Robbins

 

Intellectual humility is a critical trait for would-be founders, perhaps for anyone really ambitious. Paul Graham

 

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. Benjamin Jowett

 

Don’t confuse humility with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others. Bob Gaylor

 

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Lao Tzu

 

Leadership is not a popularity contest. it’s about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title. Robin Sharma

 

What makes masters is that they think like beginners. Robin Sharma

 

Great leaders don’t need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness. Simon Sinek

 

Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue. Augustine Of Hippo

 

It is not for me to judge another man’s life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone. Herman Hesse

 

There are four dimensions to character: authenticity, self-management, humility, and courage. John C. Maxwell

 

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QUOTES ABOUT HUMBLENESS

 

Nobody likes working with a leader who is full of himself and works only for his own benefit. People want to work with a leader who displays humility. John C. Maxwell

 

Great leaders are great listeners, who know their best asset is the people they work with. Richard Branson

 

“An exceedingly confident student would in theory make a terrible student. Why would he take school seriously when he feels that he can outwit his teachers?” –Criss Jami, Killosophy

 

Humble people can do great things with uncommon perfection because they are no longer concerned about their own interests and their own reputation, and therefore they no longer need to waste their efforts in defending them. Thomas Merton

 

I believe that the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I don’t mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. John Ruskin

 

“Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

To become servant leaders, executives need to take three steps: building relationships of trust, setting up win-win performance agreements, and then being a source of help. Stephen R. Covey

 

Leaders must be willing to put the ship’s performance ahead of their egos. Michael Abrashoff

 

Steve Jobs had a remarkable knack for letting go of things that didn’t work. If you were in an argument with him, and you convinced him that you were right, he would instantly change his mind. He didn’t hold on to an idea because he had once believed it to be brilliant. His ego didn’t attach to the suggestions he made, even as he threw his full weight behind them. Ed Catmull (Pixar)

 

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it’s about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title. Robin Sharma

 

Pride can make a leader a loser. Humility is freedom from that destructive attitude. Joyce Meyer

 

Branding requires accountability. To build a great personal brand (an eponymous one), you must take on the risk of being publicly wrong. Naval Ravikant

 

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business. Henry Ford

 

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. Thomas Merton

 

To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result. Ramana Maharshi

 

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