Quotes about Humility
In the school of the spirit, man learns wisdom through humility.
— Johannes Tauler
The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows.
— Thomas Jefferson
We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.
— Winston Churchill
A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
— Lao Tzu
Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.
— Aesop
We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything else but beginners, all our life!
— Thomas Merton
He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.
— Publilius Syrus
humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.
— John Piper
A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.
— Charles Spurgeon
The smartest person in the room is never as smart as all the people in the room.
— John Maxwell
... but the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.
— Paulo Coelho
We get very little wisdom from success, you know.
— William Saroyan