Quotes on True Humility

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

When it seems that God shows us the faults of others, keep on the safer side-it may be that your judgment is false. On your lips let silence abide. And any vice that you may ascribe to others, ascribe at once to them and yourself, in true humility. If that vice really exists in a person, he will correct himself better, seeing himself so gently understood, and will say of his own accord the thing that you would have said to him.

True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.

true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing

True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty.

Nothing can be further apart than true humility and servility.

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.

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

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.