Top 100 Humility Inspirational Quotes
#1. God didn't create you to walk around in self-defeat in any form. Neither are we fashioned to become someone's emotional slave; adhering to the harshness of their words in humility and remorse, while fearing a verbal lashing if we reject their false authority.
T.K. Ware
#2. When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.
Samuel Johnson
#4. When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.
Bernard Baily
#5. With so much effort being poured into church growth, so much press being given to the benefits of faith, and so much flexing of religious muscle in the public square, the poor in spirit have no one but Jesus to call them blessed anymore.
Barbara Brown Taylor
#8. Our mind cannot be without fear and our head cannot be held high when we become slaves to materialistic values , always wondering why my car is not bigger and better than my neighbours car and in that process forget our human values like dignity, humility , integrity and humanity.
Jeroninio Almeida
#9. When you wake up each morning with a burning passion to accomplish a goal, you've already won the day.
George Alexiou
#10. True humility is being able to accept criticisms as graciously as we accept compliments.
Sabrina Newby
#11. Not your appearance, but your humility and power of love define your beauty.
Debasish Mridha
#12. Humility is not weakness but a quality of strength.
Paul Gitwaza
#14. You can't accept correction when you are not humble to listen.
Israelmore Ayivor
#15. It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.
Michael Johnson
#16. It is only people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things. You have always been full and perfect, so you had nothing to make up for.
T.H. White
#17. It is a sad thing to become so blinded and deafened by pride that you are no longer concerned about whether or not God is pleased with your actions.
Thea Harris
#18. Simplicity gives you the power of freedom.
Kindness gives you the power of boldness.
Humility gives you the power of acceptance.
Debasish Mridha
#19. You never know what you're going to learn about a situation beforehand. Humility is a powerful tool on the path to greater humility.
Art Hochberg
#21. Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?
Leo Tolstoy
#22. Starting at the bottom is not about humiliation. It's about humility - a realistic assessment of where you are in the learning curve.
Maria Shriver
#23. I love the vastness of the ocean. I love its serenity, tranquility, humility, and purifying power.
Debasish Mridha
#24. The world is full of people who are eager to diminish you, to shame you, to put you in your place and to keep you down. If you embrace humility too fully, you are doing the bastards' work for them.
Dean Koontz
#25. With all your power, ask the Lord for humility and brotherly love, because God freely gives His grace for love towards one's brother. Do an experiment on yourself: one day ask God for love towards your brother, and another day - live without love. You will see the difference.
Silouan The Athonite
#27. If we can't accept what we don't know, there really is no hope.
Rachel Joyce
#28. 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
#29. Embrace your journey and those who come across your path. Be gracious in your endeavors. Focus on your craft. Those who support your dreams now and feel your sincere humility and gratitude will be there 20, 30, 40 years from now, padding your old bones and time worn, weary soul.
Ann Marie Frohoff
#31. Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.
Isaac Of Nineveh
#32. Be like the sun; it does not look for the spotlight; the limelight travels with it wherever it goes.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#33. Humility is really a subjective matter. Only God can truly tell a man who's humble!
Kingsley C. Okei
#34. Real Humility is when I can treat a minister, a prince, a priest, a teacher, a waiter and a janitor with the same and equal respect.
Jeroninio Almeida
#37. It is impossible to draw near to God without sorrows, without which human righteousness cannot remain unchanged ... If you desire virtue, than give yourself to every affliction, for afflictions produce humility. If someone abides in virtue without afflictions, the door of pride is opened to him.
Isaac Of Nineveh
#39. When you use the power of empathy, love and kindness to heal the humanity, it dances with joy, gratitude, and humility.
Debasish Mridha
#42. Love does not envy, does not boast, does not delight in evil but rejoice in truth.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#45. I have a body too young and a mind full of years. Everything in me has witnessed its own ending. I have lived through nightmares and perished in blissful dreams. What all that's left - eats me from within but still melts me from without, and that is where my humility takes birth.
Akif Kichloo
#46. Never step on caterpillars, as one day they'll become butterflies, and you'll never know when you'll need a ride on their wings of fortune.
R.P. Falconer
#47. Pride will tell you, you don't need crutches, but humility is more powerful than pride.
Lorilyn Roberts
#48. Love is liberating. It opens up a world of possibilities rather than restrictions. It allows us to willingly surrender our egos and replaces them with humility. Love rids us of fear and allows us to dream.
Daliah Husu
#49. To express your love for the universe, be like a cloud to dwell in the high altitudes, and never forget to transform yourself into the water of humility.
Debasish Mridha
#50. In learning to pay respectful attention to one another and plants and animals, we relearn the acts of empathy, and thus humility and compassion - ways of proceeding that grow more and more necessary as the world crowds in.
William Kittredge
#51. The most important things in a romantic relationship are compromise, honesty, openness, humility and trust. If you don't have these with someone, you don't have anything.
C. JoyBell C.
#52. Why is it that self-confidence is so often cocky and self-assured so often selfish? Neither has to be true. Having confidence doesn't require being superior over another and being self-assured doesn't require taking advantage of another.
Charles F. Glassman
#53. 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.
#54. Success follows those who champion a cause greater than themselves.
George Alexiou
#55. The virtue of humility is conspicuous only in its' absence.
L.F.Linnenkamp
#56. Kindness is a currency that can cover a multitude of interpersonal debts.
George Alexiou
#57. Humility and suffering free a man from all sin; for the first cuts out spiritual passions, and the latter bodily.
Maximus The Confessor
#58. For forgiveness to work in your life, it has to be genuine. It has to come from the heart. When it does, it is so powerful that bitterness fades away and you are able to see the "gifts" in what has happened. I also think forgiveness is a kind of humility." -Winsome Campbell-Green
Winsome Campbell-Green
#59. To feel the joy of life, sell your pride and get lost in the simplicity and humility.
Debasish Mridha
#60. Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.
Robert Macfarlane
#61. The essential attributes of a great leader are a positive attitude, humility, and gratitude.
Debasish Mridha
#62. Some instances in life call for humility. But, sometimes you need to be flat-out brazen when it comes to the desires of your heart.
Nakia R. Laushaul
#63. Greatness is found in great actions; it is found in humility.
Debasish Mridha
#65. The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.
Thomas Henry Huxley
#66. Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices,
for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.
Therefore, let there be beauty and strength,
power and compassion, honor and humility,
mirth and reverence within you.
Doreen Valiente
#67. Earth should suspect a man who has no tears of compassion and eject into the outer space until he learns humility. Outer space and death might be of the same origin, where one chances upon egolessness just before lifelessness. Earth only asks for egolessness.
Adam Kovacevic
#68. The best way to achieve great success is to learn from wise people. Use them extensively with love, gratitude, and humility.
Debasish Mridha
#69. Be what it may, I will always esteem and adore the divine genius of this Gentleman, taking from him what I understand with humility and admiring with veneration what I am unable to understand.
Lope De Vega
#70. The problem with thinking that you are the absolute best, is that it leaves no room for you to become any better and while you live life thinking that you're the best, truth is a lot of people around you are already better and becoming even more better.
C. JoyBell C.
#71. We suffer because we have no humility and we do not love our brother. From love of our brother comes the love of God. People do not learn humility, and because of their pride cannot receive the grace of the Holy Spirit, and therefor the whole world suffers.
Silouan The Athonite
#73. With an expression that could be mistaken for fear, Detective Duke shivered, but not of terror, more so a shiver of admiration. This was his first encounter with angels. In humility, he hid his face from them.
T.K. Ware
#74. Humility is a byproduct of enduring success.
Iimani David
#75. Home cooking is the true embodiment of love. It makes us show patience, kindness, humility, hope, and perseverance.
Agus Ekanurdi
#76. The measure of greatness is in humility, simplicity, and in kindness.
Debasish Mridha
#78. True intimacy with God always brings humility.
Beth Moore
#79. Simplicity and humility, not power or status, will bring you joy and happiness.
Debasish Mridha
#80. You know, I think it's important to keep a balance in things. Yeah, balance, that's the right word. Cause the guy who wants too much risks losing absolutely everything. Of course, the one who wants too little from life, might not get anything at all.
Thomas Angelo
#81. Many rich and powerful men would pay dearly to see the Lord or His Most Pure Mother, but God does not appear in riches, but in the humble heart ... Every one of the poorest men can be humbles and come to know God. It need neither money nor reputation to come to know God, but only humility.
Silouan The Athonite
#82. We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we can't be wise with another man's wisdom.
Michel De Montaigne
#83. The one who is born of the earth, dreams of the sky. The one who is born of the sky, dreams of the earth.
C. JoyBell C.
#84. The purpose of religion is to enhance love, compassion, kindness, and care.
It teaches us forgiveness, humility, tolerance, patience, and to share.
Debasish Mridha
#85. May I deal with honour
May I act with courage
May I achieve humility
Dick Francis
#86. Peace and humility is what the soul seeks. And how amazing all it must do is stop, pay attention, then listen to its father's voice.
C.C. Wyatt
#87. The path to wisdom is paved with humility.
Tim Fargo
#88. Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
William C. Menninger
#89. We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have hurt, to wash ours.
Max Lucado
#90. I have always consoled myself that he such as I who is not a genius, can still achieve much that is useful when he does his work right and chooses his work to suit his talents.
Johann Rudolf Wolf
#91. Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet of hope in this age of pessimism and disillusionment. He is a promise of sanity in the madness induced by our world's heedless drinking at the fount of war.
Sudhir Kakar
#92. Never miss an opportunity to be truly and deeply humiliated! The shame will carve you down to an individual of exquisite layering, and in the process, etch within you the arcs of exceptional narrative.
Ashim Shanker
#93. Confidence is good, but confidence with humility is far better.
Debasish Mridha
#94. Humility is one of the best expressions of self respect.
Debasish Mridha
#95. Green strongly influences the heart and helps alleviate tension. Positive qualities associated with green are generosity, humility, and cooperation. Foods of the green vibration are all green fruits and green vegetables.
Tae Yun Kim
#96. Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.
General Iroh
#97. When the sum of our faith and humility is sufficient, it reaches a type of spiritual critical mass and hope is fostered and grows. A willing heart emerges which generates the ability for us to submit to the process of recovery.
Roger Stark
#98. I've learned that humility is not such a bad thing, and that strength can be found through submission. I've learned that I am not always right, and that being wroing is not a bad thing, nor is it weakness.
Belinda McBride
#99. Society judges people by their successes. I get attracted by their dedication, simplicity, and humility.
Debasish Mridha
#100. We humble ourselves under the mighty grace of the Creator. He will deliver us from every chain and oppression.
Lailah Gifty Akita
