39 Quotes About Being Humble

Finding fulfillment in the world is a difficult thing to accomplish for many. These quotes about being humble captures the simple and powerful question of how to change your life for the better.

“A great man is always willing to be little.”

“Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.”

“Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.”

“Being humble matters.”

“Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.”

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”

“Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.”

“Don’t let proud get to your head, always humble yourself.”

“God’s promises are all on condition of humble obedience.”

“He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.”

“He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there’s another dog.”

“Humble people ask for help.”

“Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.”

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.”

“Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.”

“Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.”

“Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.”

“I am no more humble than my talents require.”

“I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.”

“I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.”

“If we remain humble and hungry, we can win.”

“I’ll never forget where I’m from. It’s essential to remain humble and evolving.”

“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”

“Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.”

“Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.”

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”

“No matter how high up you get, never forget where you came from.”

“Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.”

“One may be humble out of pride.”

“Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.”

“Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.”

“Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.”

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”

“The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.”

“To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.”

“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”

“We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.”

Doing something incredible in your life can require you to experience a sense of humility and humbleness over what you accomplished.