152 Quotes About Humbleness

Uttering foul words, while there are the sweetest of words, is like going for the unripe fruits while there are a lot of ripe ones.

​You can always tell when someone deserves the praise and recognition they receive, because it humbles them rather than inflating their ego.

Be humble: have the courage to speak the truth.

My mother used to tell me that a woman's beauty lied not in the size of her dowry, but in the modest depths of her maiden heart.

Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like similes. I am more humble. I am a mere street scavenger (chiffonier) of science. With my hook in my hand and my basket on my back, I go about the streets of science, collecting what I find.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

Stars shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.

THE LESS YOU WEIGH, THE MORE YOU RISE

Be humble when you have but don't be hopeless when you don't.