Quotes about Humility

Whatever is well said by another, is mine.

Remember, if God had wanted this to be perfect, he never would have had me up here.

I believe that Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen.

If a man is called to be a streetsweep-er, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.

Not every man can carry a full cup. Sudden elevation frequently leads to pride and a fall. The most exacting test of all to survive is prosperity.

James and John wanted the glory, but not the cup of shame; the crown, but not the cross; the role of master, but not servant.

No leader lives a day without criticism, and humility will never be more on trial than when criticism comes.

True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.

My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.

The proud intellectual seeks knowledge about God, but he never knows God, because he cannot accept the mysteries that he is unable to fully comprehend.