2,389 Quotes About Humility

Pretending is useless when you know the deep truth behind your pretensions.

Sometimes, we cannot tell whether something is beneficial long-term. So, we let time and the flow of events decide for us. There is nothing to prove. We submit to the divine process – not another and not our own ego. It is true humility and makes us invulnerable to domination by any other human. Fear cannot capture us, criticism cannot harm us, and pride cannot make us fall.

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

LearningTo believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life.

Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (Address to Congress on Resigning Commission Dec 23, 1783)

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.

As soon as I accept my limitations, I feel peaceful.

Humility comes through awareness of the depths of yourself.

Lead the humans around you, but in your heart keep fostering pure humility towards those who follow as well as those who criticize.