43 Quotes About Humble Beginnings

Experiencing humble beginnings can later lead into great success. Your personal childhood experiences can pay a direct influence to your later life. Here are some amazing quotes about humble beginnings that will get you to look at your past experiences in a different light.

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

“Besides God, there is no glory above coming from humble beginnings, from sleeping under a porous grass thatched mud hut to rising above and beyond tabernacles of greatness.”

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

“Do not despise little beginnings. It’ll all make sense as you’re staring at an opportunity that you realize the difficult moments merely prepared you for.”

“Do not go by my humble beginnings. Be wary of my enormous vision.”

“Epic things start with small humble steps. Pay respect to your beginnings. And if you’re just starting out, know that it’s OK to be sucky. To be small. To be messy and chaotic. Just make sure to never ever stop dreaming.”

“Every big castle was once started with a single block; despise no small beginnings. A little step taken every day builds up the hope of greater accomplishments. Do something every day!”

“God always gives a great blessing to humble beginnings than to those that start with the chiming of bells.”

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

“Governors were once minors. Presidents were once residents.”

“He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.”

“Hopeful dreams – even where crack kings’ and dope fiends feast. Dust from the ash and rubble; they shine like bright stars once the mic is gripped and the bars are spit.”

“I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning.”

“I am very humble, and I am very gracious and very grateful for everything that happens to me and about me and around me.”

“I came from rather humble beginnings.”

“I just want to make it very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for everything!”

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

“I think our family motto is to always work hard, be humble, kind, and thoughtful about others around us.”

“I will never forget my humble beginnings as a Laker Girl. It was probably one of the most fun jobs I ever had.”

“I’m a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.”

“I’m from really humble beginnings. I’ve never been this Hollywood diva, but you get caught up in what you’re pretending to be.”

“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”

“In the work of the greatest geniuses, humble beginnings will reveal themselves somewhere, but one cannot trace the slightest sign of them in Shakespeare…”

“It’s hard to know exactly how people develop the characters they do. There could be people from humble beginnings that turn into jerks. Some characteristics are just part of that special soul of that human being.”

“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.”

“Many people look at me and think they know me but they don’t at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.”

“Me personally, I come from very, very humble beginnings – little, small town in Alabama, you know, staying at my granddaddy house. We really didn’t have nothing.”

“My mom came from such humble beginnings and especially my dad as well. He didn’t go to university.”

“Nothing can make you more humble than pain.”

“One could come from less than humble beginnings, to become a winner from within.”

“Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo.”

“Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.”

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

“Strong enough to make holes in the rock are tiny drops of water that persist to fall. Persistence is the attitude that breaks down mountains one rock at a time!”

“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.”

“Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.”

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

“The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.”

“We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.”

“We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.”

“When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were ‘somebody’.”

“When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect.”

“You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.”

There are many stories that famous people have to share that contribute their later success to their humble beginnings.