100 Quotes About Humility

Humility is a rare and admirable trait. It’s also a quality that few possess. It may seem that people who are humble rarely show it. In fact, the opposite is true Read more

A humble person is one who knows their place in life and doesn’t brag about what they have or what they did. They recognize how extraordinary they are, but don’t expect others to feel the same way. These quotes will help you become a better person by reminding you to be humble and recognize your own value.

The soul is healed by being with children.
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The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life. . Roy T. Bennett
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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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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. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble. . Andrew Murray
Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with...
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Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion. Robert Macfarlane
Until you have suffered much in your heart, you cannot...
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Until you have suffered much in your heart, you cannot learn humility. Thaddeus Of Vitovnica
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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
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I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim–so modestly and so humbly–to possess. It is time to withdraw our 'respect' from such fantastic claims, all of them aimed at the exertion of power over other humans in the real and material world. Christopher Hitchens
The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.
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The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it. Criss Jami
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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
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Son, never trust a man who doesn’t drink because he’s probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world. They’re the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks but refuses to get drunk. They’re usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that they’re a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can’t trust a man who’s afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to survive himself. It’s damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when he’s heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl. James Crumley
I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so...
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I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore. Criss Jami
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To better understand God we must first shatter our own idea of God - maybe even day after day. Maybe he's too great to stay compressed in the human mind. Maybe he splits it wide open; this is why pretentious intellectualism so often fails to comprehend the concept of God: it is only accepting of what it can explain while in the process finding higher sources offensive. What we may confidently assert is that faith is the opening that allows God, this unpredictable, unseen power, to travel in and out of the mind without all the pains of confusion. . Criss Jami
Question like a child, reason like an adult, and write...
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Question like a child, reason like an adult, and write like a sage. Criss Jami
Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless...
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Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know. Criss Jami
A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight...
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A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know. Criss Jami
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Realizing the seriously ruthless, venomous habits and agendas of evil always instills a more fierce passion and longing for a closer God. Men, out of pride, may claim their own authorities over what constitutes good and evil; they may self-proclaim a keen knowledge of subjective morality through religion or science. But that is only if they are acknowledging the work of evil as a cartoon-like, petty little rain cloud in the sky that merely wants to dampen one's spirits. On the contrary, a man could be without a doubt lit with the strength, the peace, and the knowledge of the gods, his gods, but when or if the devils grow weary in unsuccessful attempts to torment him, they begin tormenting his loved ones, or, if not his loved ones, anyone who may attempt to grasp his philosophies. No matter how godly he may become, God is, in the end, his only hope and his only grace for the pressures built around him - it is left up to a higher authority and a more solid peace and a wider love to eclipse not just one's own evils but all evils for goodness to ultimately matter. If all men were gods, each being would dwell in a separate prison cell, hopeless, before finally imploding into nothingness. Criss Jami
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There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table. E.a. Bucchianeri
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God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is doing quite well in going a month without murder, for he fought his chemical imbalance and succeeded; oppositely, perhaps the healthy, able and stable man who has never murdered in his life yet went a lifetime consciously, willingly never loving anyone but himself may then be subject to harsher judgment than the extreme mental patient. It might be so that God will stand for the weak and question the strong. Criss Jami
Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God...
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Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God fulfills it. Indonesia123
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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
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It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most effective way he knew to accomplish that, the most powerful tool at his disposal, was the scientific method, which over time winnows out deception. It can't give you absolute truth because science is a permanent revolution, always subject to revision, but it can give you successive approximations of reality. Ann Druyan
You can't let the truth bring out the worst and...
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You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you. Criss Jami
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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
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While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently do not know our own motivations in life and are prisoners to what we cannot understand. We can recognize only a small fragment of our own, and an even smaller fragment of anyone else's, impetus. Andrew Solomon
Just as some people may conceal their own sinfulness thus...
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Just as some people may conceal their own sinfulness thus seeming better than the norm, others expose their own sinfulness thus seeming worse than the norm. Criss Jami
Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are...
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Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness. Criss Jami
For a man who walks in the light, to stay...
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For a man who walks in the light, to stay humble is not to walk in the dark; you don't need to project yourself to be thought an honest man. Mike Norton
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Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not! E.a. Bucchianeri
Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an...
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Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man. Suzy Kassem
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In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there's no danger that we will confuse God's work with our own, or God's glory with our own. Madeleine LEngle
The more humble and obedient to God a man is,...
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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does. Unknown
The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!...
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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 humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of...
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The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his own corruption. Criss Jami
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Man approaches God most nearly when he is in one sense least like God. For what can be more unlike than fullness and need, sovereignty and humility, righteousness and penitence, limitless power and a cry for help? C.s. Lewis
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Every time I create something, whether an idea or a work of art, initially, its supposed completion seems absolutely perfect to me. However the more I think about it, stare it down, the more it marinates in my soul over the hours, days, and weeks, the more flaws I start to find in it; and finally, the more I'm pressed to continue enhancing it. It essentially turns out that whatever thing a flawed and imperfect, human eye once thought was amazing begins to appear quite wretched. This is why, eternally, God cannot be impressed by mere talents or by mortal achievements. To perfect eyes, I imagine that great is not really that great; rather, humility is ultimately a human being's true greatness. Criss Jami
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Those who live as though God sets the rules are not going by their own rules. That is the self-sacrifice, or selflessness, that peace more often than not requires. Those who insist on going by their own rules cannot make that sacrifice. They are the steady adherents of (global) conflict because they are forever fighting both themselves and others to do whatever they think that they want to do. Criss Jami
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Think outside the box? Indeed. But to add balance to that, one should not in the process forget what the inside of the box looks like as well. Those who are best at thinking outside the box do it not to puff themselves up, but to see how small they really are. As a contented fish in its fish tank appears to have a small, boring existence to us, imagine a larger, more perceptive kingdom (even by scientific taxonomy) to whom our contented existences may appear to be small and boring. This is where true creativity and massive perceptive abilities spawn a sense of intellectual humility; the kind which God adores. Criss Jami
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When we look for success, it should be for the sole purpose of boasting sincerely in Christ. There's no other reason for it. Success is only worth it when the more intense it gets for you, the more you find yourself bragging for his glory rather than your own. 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
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There was one question, however, which Inciarte had asked him and he could not answer. Why was it that he had lived while others had died? What purpose had God in making this selection? What sense could be made out of it? ‘None, ’ replied Father Andrés. ‘There are times when the will of God cannot be understood by our human intelligence. There are things which in all humility we must accept as a mystery. . Piers Paul Read
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Rather than remain a sealed jar, she sought only to pour herself out to others. Everything she did mirrored her faith. It was as though every waking hour of the day she was devoted to pleasing her God by serving others. This God that she worshiped consumed her. It didn't ask for a brief visit to a temple, or a small votive offering of food or coin, or a few prayers every now and then. This God wanted all of her. Francine Rivers
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I regard myself as the most wretched of all men, stinking and covered with sores, and as one who has committed all sorts of crimes against his King. Overcome by remorse, I confess all my wickedness to Him, ask His pardon and abandon myself entirely to Him to do with as He will. But this King, filled with goodness and mercy, far from chastising me, lovingly embraces me, makes me eat at His table, serves me with His own hands, gives me the keys of His treasures and treats me as His favorite. He talks with me and is delighted with me in a thousand and one ways; He forgives me and relieves me of my principle bad habits without talking about them; I beg Him to make me according to His heart and always the more weak and despicable I see myself to be, the more beloved I am of God. . Brother Lawrence
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But that is the nature of true grace and spiritual light, that it opens to a person's view the infinite reason there is that he should be holy in a high degree. And the more grace he has, and the more this is opened to view, the greater sense he has of the infinite excellency and glory of the divine Being, and of the infinite dignity of the person of Christ, and the boundless length and breadth and depth and height of the love of Christ to sinners. And as grace increases, the field opens more and more to a distant view, until the soul is swallowed up with the vastness of the object, and the person is astonished to think how much it becomes him to love this God and this glorious Redeemer that has so loved man, and how little he does love. And so the more he apprehends, the more the smallness of his grace and love appears strange and wonderful: and therefore he is more ready to think that others are beyond him. . Jonathan Edwards
Service to humanity is service to God.
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Service to humanity is service to God. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Life is suffering Love is the desire to see unnecessary suffering ameliorated Truth is the handmaiden of love Dialogue is the pathway to truth Humility is recognition of personal insufficiency and the willingness to learn To learn is to die voluntarily and be born again, in great ways and small So speech must be untrammeled So that dialogue can take place So that we can all humbly learn So that truth can serve love So that suffering can be ameliorated So that we can all stumble forward to the Kingdom of God . Jordan B. Peterson
We must submit to God's righteous rule.
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We must submit to God's righteous rule. Lailah Gifty Akita
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own...
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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
A man should never be ashamed to own that he...
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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
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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
Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming...
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Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired. Criss Jami
People love answers, but only as long as they are...
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People love answers, but only as long as they are the ones who came up with them. Criss Jami
Humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product...
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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
I want a man who knows something about himself. And...
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I want a man who knows something about himself. And is appalled. And has to forgive himself to get along. C.P. Snow
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the...
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The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless. T.S. Eliot
Good...if you've done things you aren't proud of. It means...
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Good...if you've done things you aren't proud of. It means you have a conscience. Criss Jami
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Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they believed they thought of them. Unknown
Almost every so called setback is an opportunity for growth,...
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Almost every so called setback is an opportunity for growth, learning, self love, wisdom and humility Rasheed Ogunlaru
Humility is the courage to be honest with yourself and...
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Humility is the courage to be honest with yourself and those around you. Ken Poirot
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The problem with thinking that you are the absolute best, is that it leaves no room for you to become any better and while you live life thinking that you're the best, truth is a lot of people around you are already better and becoming even more better. C. Joybell C.
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I am continually coming back to the belief that I know nothing, or that there are much deeper places to go with what I think I know. It's liberating, actually. I don't think the biggest questions can be answered with any certainty. I'm becoming more and more peaceful not knowing. Scott Stabile
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People often think of humility as the act of saying 'I am not that great.' This is lack of confidence. True humility is looking at the amazing people throughout history and saying 'I am pretty great... but I can always be greater. Matthew Goldfinger
Beware ! Heart is too small to feel happy but...
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Beware ! Heart is too small to feel happy but soul is too big to take glory Indonesia123
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The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow. Aaron Lauritsen
Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary...
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Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary because they have nothing to prove to anybody. Be Humble. Aaron Lauritsen
It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of...
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It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home. Aaron Lauritsen
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A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable and full of glory, is a humble broken-hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit, and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behaviour. Jonathan Edwards
I would rather lie facedown on the ground and use...
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I would rather lie facedown on the ground and use my body as a bridge, than stand proud and tall and use my body as a wall. Kamand Kojouri
Life's trials will test you, and shape you, but don’t...
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Life's trials will test you, and shape you, but don’t let them change who you are.”~ Aaron Lauritsen, ‘100 Days Drive Aaron Lauritsen
From this point forward, you don’t even know how to...
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From this point forward, you don’t even know how to quit in life.”~ Aaron Lauritsen, ‘100 Days Drive Aaron Lauritsen
True friends don't come with conditions.
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True friends don't come with conditions. Aaron Lauritsen
The high road of grace will get you somewhere a...
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The high road of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster then the freeway of spite. Aaron Lauritsen
The highway of grace will get you somewhere a whole...
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The highway of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster then the freeway of spite. Aaron Lauritsen
Be a team player, not a bandwagon jumper.
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Be a team player, not a bandwagon jumper. Aaron Lauritsen
Religiousity is unself glory not purity
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Religiousity is unself glory not purity Indonesia123
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There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow. Aaron Lauritsen
The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and...
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The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating. Aaron Lauritsen
At some point, you just gotta forgive the past, your...
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At some point, you just gotta forgive the past, your happiness hinges on it. Aaron Lauritsen
We love our partners for who they are, not for...
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We love our partners for who they are, not for who they are not. Aaron Lauritsen
Explore, Experience, Then Push Beyond.
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Explore, Experience, Then Push Beyond. Aaron Lauritsen
Travel is costly yes, but it pays dividends too.
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Travel is costly yes, but it pays dividends too. Aaron Lauritsen
If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.
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If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting. Aaron Lauritsen
Without struggle, success has no value.
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Without struggle, success has no value. Aaron Lauritsen
There is no such thing as loving a child too...
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There is no such thing as loving a child too much. Aaron Lauritsen
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It’s the ‘everyday’ experiences we encounter along the journey to who we wanna be that will define who we are when we get there. Aaron Lauritsen
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Successes are those highlights of life we look back on with a smile. But it's the day to day grind of getting them that defines the laugh lines etched until the end of time. Enjoy each moment along the way Aaron Lauritsen
There's more to a person than flesh. Judge others by...
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There's more to a person than flesh. Judge others by the sum of their soul and you'll see that beauty is a force of light that radiates from the inside out. Aaron Lauritsen
Building bridges is the best defence against ignorance.
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Building bridges is the best defence against ignorance. Aaron Lauritsen
Self glory makes life meaningless, glorify God fulfills it
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Self glory makes life meaningless, glorify God fulfills it Indonesia123
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Jesus Christ is the source–the only source–of meaning in life. He provides the only satisfactory explanation for why we’re here and where we’re going. Because of this good news, the final heartbeat for the Christian is not the mysterious conclusion to a meaningless existence. It is, rather, the grand beginning to a life that will never end. That same Lord is waiting to embrace and forgive anyone who comes to Him in humility and repentance. He is calling your name, just as He called the name of Pete Maravich. His promise of eternal life offers the only hope for humanity. If you have never met this Jesus, I suggest that you seek spiritual counsel from a Christian leader who can offer guidance. You can also write to me, if that would help. Thanks for reading along with me. I hope to meet you someday. If our paths don’t cross this side of heaven, I’ll be looking for you in that eternal city. By all means, Be there!. James C. Dobson
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Every subject's duty is the King's; but every subject's soul is his own. Therefore, should every soldier in the wars do as every sick man in his bed, wash every mote out of his conscience; and dying so, death is to him advantage; or not dying, the time was blessedly lost wherein such preparation was gained; and in him that escapes, it were no sin to think that, making God so free an offer, He let him outlive the day to see His greatness and to teach others how they should prepare. William Shakespeare
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I was always exceedingly delighted with that saying of Chrysostom, "The foundation of our philosophy is humility"; and yet more pleased with that of Augustine: "As the orator, when asked, What is the first precept in eloquence? answered, Delivery: What is the second? Delivery: What is the third? Delivery: so if you ask me concerning the precepts of the Christian religion, I will answer, first, second, and third, Humility. John Calvin
Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their...
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Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each...
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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
Bigheadedness is usually a symptom of small-mindedness.
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Bigheadedness is usually a symptom of small-mindedness. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that...
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You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
People don't need to know how good you are. Just...
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People don't need to know how good you are. Just smile, just slay and just show. Janna Cachola
The best way to achieve great success is to learn...
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The best way to achieve great success is to learn from wise people. Use them extensively with love, gratitude, and humility. Debasish Mridha
The essential attributes of a great leader are a positive...
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The essential attributes of a great leader are a positive attitude, humility, and gratitude. Debasish Mridha
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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast;In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old time, and regulate the sun; Go, soar with Plato to th’ empyreal sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair; Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And quitting sense call imitating God;As Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule– Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! . Alexander Pope