Humility Quotes - Page 2

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Learning

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

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.

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.

Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.

The greatest wisdom consists in knowing one's own follies.

While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.

humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

I want a man who knows something about himself. And is appalled. And has to forgive himself to get along.

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.

Those that would attain wisdom,
prefer the empty stadium.
Those who wish to appear wise,
prefer it full.

Confidence is this: Wearing your triumphs with humility, and wearing your scars with pride. Many of us do precisely the opposite.

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?

Trails are used by God to teach you humility and dependence on His grace rather than your own strength.