best quotations about
Humility |
and Humbleness
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Quotations
 | If you wish to be popular in society consent to be taught many things you already know. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 29 likes |
 | Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 24 likes |
 | Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 11 likes |
 | What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left. — Oscar Levant, 1906-1972, American pianist 10 likes |
 | The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 9 likes |
 | Don't be so humble, you are not that great. — Golda Meir, 1898-1978, Israeli Prime Minister 7 likes |
 | Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 7 likes |
 | The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 7 likes |
| Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 7 likes |
 | If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 7 likes |
 | Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 7 likes |
 | I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 7 likes |
 | Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 (on the new Prime Minister Clement Attlee,1946) 6 likes |
 | Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 6 likes |
 | It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. — Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher 6 likes |
 | Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness. — Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher 5 likes |
 | To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 5 likes |
 | Humility is a virtue; timidity is a disease. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 5 likes |
| I am no more humble than my talents require. — Oscar Levant, 1906-1972, American pianist 5 likes |
 | Be the chief but never the lord. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 4 likes |
 | The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 4 likes |
 | The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly. — William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, English poet 4 likes |
 | Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism. — Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis 4 likes |
 | Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 3 likes |
 | Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 3 likes |
 | Modesty is the triumph of mind over flattery. — Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist 3 likes |
 | You think you are modest. I did not know you so proud. — Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims 3 likes |
 | I am not a hero. Heroes die young. I am just a citizen who does his duty. — Mikis Theodorakis, 1925-2021, Greek composer & politician 3 likes |
 | Be open to suggestion, no one is so perfect that would not need advice from time to time. — Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer 1 likes |
 | Man cannot do anything brave in the world unless he submits his life to a Master superior to him. — Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer 1 likes |
 | What is the use of modesty? It is used to appear more beautiful when we are beautiful and to appear less ugly when we are. — Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims 1 likes |
 | It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am. — Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016, American boxer 1 likes |
 | Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest. — Orson Welles, 1915-1985, American actor & film director 1 likes |
 | Modesty is sometimes hypocritical, and simplicity never is. — Jean d’ Alembert, 1717-1783, French mathematician & philosopher 1 likes |
 | The best servant does his work unseen. — Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer 1 likes |
 | Young man, the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered that I was not God. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., 1841-1935, 1 likes |
 | Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. — Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer 1 likes |
 | Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy. — Remy de Gourmont, 1858-1915, French poet 1 likes |
 | Become more humble as the market goes your way. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman 1 likes |
 | Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 1 likes |
 | If you have influence, at least pretend to ignore it. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 1 likes |
 | Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. — John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist 1 likes |
 | Prudence is the modesty of cowards. — Henri Jeanson, 1900-1970, French critic & columnist 1 likes |
 | Life is a long lesson in humility. — James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer 1 likes |
 | In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness. — José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998] 1 likes |
 | I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one’s self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one’s own powers. — Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, British writer 1 likes |
 | False modesty is the most decent of all lies. — Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer 1 likes |
 | Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. — Simone Weil, 1909-1943, French philosopher 1 likes |
 | Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success. — Harvey Mackay, American self-help writer 1 likes |
 | Blushes are the rainbow of modesty. — Bill Vaughan, 1915-1977, American journalist 1 likes |
Latin Quotes
 | Not to us Lord, not to us, but to Your Name give the glory. Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. — motto of the Knights Templar deriving from Psalm 113:9 25 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | You know what keeps me humble? Mirrors! — Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian 6 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | As mortals we should behave as mortals. Όντας δε θνητούς θνητά και φρονείν χρεών. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Alcestis 91 likes |
 | Live in obscurity. Λάθε βιώσας. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 15 likes |
 | For whatever good you do, praise the gods not yourself. Ό,τι αν αγαθόν πράσσης, θεούς, μη σεαυτόν αιτιώ. — Bias of Priene, 625-540 BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 6 likes |
 | Modesty is bad where impudence prevails. Κακή γαρ αιδώς ένθα ταναιδές κρατεί. — Diphilos, 4th/3rd cent. BC, Ancient Greek comedian 4 likes |
