48 Humility quotes that will change your way of thinking. Here are the best humility quotes to read from the famous authors that will inspire you and open your mind. Humility is being a modest or low view of a person's importance, and it is also called the quality of being humble. May these quotes on humility encourage you to stay humble and make you treat people with respect always. Share these quotes on humility with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
1. True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. - Rick Warren
2. It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. - Saint Augustine
3. Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. - Thomas Merton
4. On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom. - Michel de Montaigne
5. There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self. - Henri Frederic Amiel
6. Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. - Alice Walker
7. 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. - Epictetus
8. Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues. - Confucius
9. The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. - Charles Caleb Colton
10. A great man is always willing to be little. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. - John Ruskin
12. The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it. - Mignon McLaughlin
13. The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. - Winston Churchill
14. Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit. - Rudolf Steiner
15. Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. - Simone Weil
16. Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility. Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate. Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness. - C. JoyBell C.
17. Great leaders don’t need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness. - Simon Sinek
18. Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new. - Steven Tyler
19. Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don't. - Tom Hiddleston
20. If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business. - Anthony Bourdain
21. Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot. - Thomas Moore
22. Life is a long lesson in humility. - J.M. Barrie
23. Where there is humility, there is more success, and lasting success. - Patrick Lencioni
24. Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you. - Andrew Murray
25. Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
26. We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. - Rabindranath Tagore
27. 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. - Alexander Pope
28. Let us be absolutely clear about one thing, we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. - Paulo Coelho
29. One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time. - Madeleine L'Engle
30. Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. - Jane Austen
31. Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless. - David Whyte
32. Selflessness is humility. Humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free. - Jeff Wilson
33. We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. - Ernest Hemingway
34. Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility. - Maya Angelou
35. Have more humility. Remember you don't know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life and maybe even please a few strangers. - A.L. Kennedy
36. True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue. - Martin Luther
37. Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn. - Charlie Sheen
38. I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself. - Hermann Hesse
39. Humility is no substitute for a good personality. - Fran Lebowitz
40. Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else. - Madeleine L'Engle
41. Power is dangerous unless you have humility. - Richard J. Daley
42. 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. - Robert Louis Stevenson
43. Humility is preserved when I give credit where credit is due, to God. - Mother Angelica
44. When a man truly sees himself, he knows nobody can say anything about him that is too bad. - D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
45. Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other. - Joyce Meyer
46. Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives. - Yasmin Mogahed
47. Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. - Charles H. Spurgeon
48. I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful. - John Ruskin
1. True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. - Rick Warren
2. It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. - Saint Augustine
3. Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. - Thomas Merton
4. On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom. - Michel de Montaigne
5. There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self. - Henri Frederic Amiel
6. Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. - Alice Walker
7. 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. - Epictetus
8. Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues. - Confucius
9. The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. - Charles Caleb Colton
10. A great man is always willing to be little. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. - John Ruskin
12. The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it. - Mignon McLaughlin
13. The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. - Winston Churchill
14. Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit. - Rudolf Steiner
15. Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. - Simone Weil
16. Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility. Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate. Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness. - C. JoyBell C.
17. Great leaders don’t need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness. - Simon Sinek
18. Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new. - Steven Tyler
19. Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don't. - Tom Hiddleston
20. If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business. - Anthony Bourdain
21. Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot. - Thomas Moore
22. Life is a long lesson in humility. - J.M. Barrie
23. Where there is humility, there is more success, and lasting success. - Patrick Lencioni
24. Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you. - Andrew Murray
25. Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
26. We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. - Rabindranath Tagore
27. 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. - Alexander Pope
28. Let us be absolutely clear about one thing, we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. - Paulo Coelho
29. One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time. - Madeleine L'Engle
30. Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. - Jane Austen
31. Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless. - David Whyte
32. Selflessness is humility. Humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free. - Jeff Wilson
33. We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. - Ernest Hemingway
34. Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility. - Maya Angelou
35. Have more humility. Remember you don't know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life and maybe even please a few strangers. - A.L. Kennedy
36. True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue. - Martin Luther
37. Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn. - Charlie Sheen
38. I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself. - Hermann Hesse
39. Humility is no substitute for a good personality. - Fran Lebowitz
40. Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else. - Madeleine L'Engle
41. Power is dangerous unless you have humility. - Richard J. Daley
42. 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. - Robert Louis Stevenson
43. Humility is preserved when I give credit where credit is due, to God. - Mother Angelica
44. When a man truly sees himself, he knows nobody can say anything about him that is too bad. - D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
45. Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other. - Joyce Meyer
46. Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives. - Yasmin Mogahed
47. Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. - Charles H. Spurgeon
48. I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful. - John Ruskin