Quotes on Humility

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.

It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.

If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business.

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.

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

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.

Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility.

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

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

True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility; the other kind of will is weakness disguised by bluster and ambition.

Join the community of saints and know the delight of your own Soul. Enter the ruins of your Heart and Learn the Meaning of Humility.

Through prayer, charity and humility before God, people receive a heart which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which is not closed, indifferent or prey to the globalization of indifference.

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

Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that I may never fall into the trap of impressing people with clever speech, but instead I may learn to speak with humility, desiring only to impress people with Christ himself.

I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.

Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead to peace.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.