2,389 Quotes About Humility

Modesty smiles, arrogance smirks.

A humble man is welcomed at all doors.

Pride is always a way of not seeing oneself properly, whereas humility is"self-knowledge perfected.

The pitching coach was bugged by the author's technique because he had never seen anyone do it before, and besides, it wasn't the coach's idea.

The more power we gain to influence the lives of others, the more humble we must become, or else, our downfall is ensured.

As long as we refuse to accept that our pride is the source of our unrest, we will continue to wither on the vine. "Humility, that low, sweet root / From which all heavenly virtues shoot." —Thomas Moore

Look at that blacksmith, for instance,” went on Father Brown calmly; “a good man, but not a Christian — hard, imperious, unforgiving. Well, his Scotch religion was made up by men who prayed on hills and high crags, and learnt to look down on the world more than to look up at heaven. Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

Sometimes, the ones we disregarded in the past become our strongest pillar in the future.

It is vital that we are equipped with the humility to understand that changing the world and keeping innovation alive require that we change ourselves.