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Humility Quotes
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Life is a long lesson in humility. (Quote by - James M. Barrie)
If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. (Quote by - Welsh Proverb)
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others. (Quote by - William Hazlitt)
Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. (Quote by - Eric Hoffe)
Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices. (Quote by - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld)
Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue. (Quote by - St. John Chrysostom)
To have a thing is little, if you're not allowed to show it, to know a thing, is nothing unless others know you know it. (Quote by - Charles Neaves)
When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it. (Quote by - Bernard Baily)
Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Without humility there can be no humanity. (Quote by - John Buchan)
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. (Quote by - Oliver Herford)
We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins. (Quote by - Alexander Pope)
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. (Quote by - Rick Warren)
Show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person (Quote by - Nikki Giovanni)