In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
William Shakespeare
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
Frederick Warren
Without humility there can be no humanity.
John Buchan
You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility.
Lois McMaster Bujold
I am no more humble than my talents require.
Oscar Levant
Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
Jules Renard
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Albert Einstein
Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.
Vanna Bonta
If I had any humility I would be perfect.
Ted Turner
Humility is pride in God.
Austin O'Malley
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.
Isaac Newton
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
Kong Fu Zi
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
Titus Maccius Plautus
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.
Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
In the process of trial and error, Our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility.
Master Jin Kwon
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
Fran Lebowitz
Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.
Madam Guizot
Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us all forward.
Jon Meacham
In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?
Kanye West
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark Twain
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
Ted Turner
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.
William Gurnall
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
Edith Sitwell
The loss of one's dignified bearing is often sudden.
Jerry Van Amerongen
The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
George Bernard Shaw
Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.
Ernest Hemingway
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
Frank Lloyd Wright
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
Oscar Levant
We must show humility and be humble, ... And we must turn away from ways that are unpleasing to God.
Robert Pitts
I accept with humility and with great enthusiasm the mandate you have given me.
André Boisclair
The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility.
Charles Caleb Colton
There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required.
Prince Andrew
What made her so beautiful in Jesus' eyes was her humility and her humble, humble heart.
Mary Myers
You can't govern against the people. One must have the humility to say: If the text is being misunderstood, I have to explain it better. We've got to get out of this standoff.
Nadine Morano
Football is a school of humility and behavior. I am not proud of our second red card in two games. I am not happy with the way some of my players are behaving ... I feel a bit ashamed.
Claude Leroy
You must understand in all humility that you are at the mercy of the weather.
Lee Sullivan
A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
Lawrence G. Lovasik
The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.
Hosea Ballou
Humility is not an imaginary thing.
Julio Iglesias
If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.
Paul Keating
Humility is the best form of warfare; it is the only thing the enemy cannot do.
Keri Harvey
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.
Alfred Austin
It's sobering. It breeds humility.
Boris Kayser
Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Conformity, humility, acceptance... with these coins we are to pay our fares to paradise.
Robert Lindner
The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it.
Gene Brown
Knowing better than anyone my own shortcomings, I undertake this task with humility and ask you all, as Canadians, to help me.
Adrienne Clarkson
We got big-headed. And we got a good dose of humility today. Now it's just a matter of whether or not we're going to learn from it.
Dave Hoover
It's with a great sense of gratitude, humility and excitement that you accept a position like this. I'm really appreciative of their trust and confidence.
David Hulme
He has a chance to be special. But it all starts with the humility he carries for 17 years old.
Thad Matta
A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.
Laurel Lee
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
Saint Augustine
Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.
Laurence J. Peter
UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
Ambrose Bierce
It was tough, ... It teaches you a lot -- a lot of humility. You're humbled real quick.
Charles Davis
He has a lot of humility. I've never heard him complain, not once, about the events that he's in or about the relays he's in.
Colin Shaha
Praying with Humility, Praying with All Your Heart and Praying with Confidence.
Christian Church
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