Being Humble Quotes

It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.
Muhammad Ali

"How does the see become the queen of all rivers and streams?
By lying lower than they do."
Tao Te Tching

I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
Sherlock Holmes




"The word humility is used here to mean admission that God infinitely exceeds anything anyone has ever said of Him; and that He is infinitely beyond human comprehension and understanding."
John Templeton, The Humble Approach

It is always the secure who are humble.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Don't be so humble - you are not that great.
Golda Meir

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

Who cared if there was really any Being to pray to? What mattered was the sense of giving thanks and praise, the feeling of a humble and grateful heart.
Oliver Sacks

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

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Norman Vincent Peale

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

Wash out your ego every once in a while, as cleanliness is next to godliness not just in body but in humility as well.
Abbe Yeux-verdi


Humility enables people to realize their mistakes and correct themselves. Real humility results in so much power of truth that we don't need to say anything at all in words. The very power of our inner state of being will make the other person realize the error of their ways. While giving directions or corrections to someone, we need to check our own attitude, reminding ourselves of the humility within and only then say what we have to say. With humility our words will be for their benefit and this will enable them to learn.
Brahma Kumaris


True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
Ralph Sockman

In my whole life nobody has ever accused me of being humble. Although humility is a trait I much admire, I don't think I quite got my full share.
Charlie Munger

"Among you, whoever wants to be great must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be the willing slave of all."
Jesus (The Bible - Matthew 20:26-27)

Modesty

With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Arthur Schopenhauer

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