Quotes about Humility

Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

The more you learn, the more you know that you know nothing.

To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is to acknowledge you are wiser today.

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

He must put aside his pride, his virtue, beauty and life and bow or submit to the absolutely intolerable.

Said a skunk to a tube-rose, "See how swiftly I run, while you cannot walk nor even creep." Said the tube-rose to the skunk, "Oh, most noble swift runner, please run swiftly!"

We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich

One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own.

Judgmental, prophetic lone rangers do not last.

Even when the angel asks him specifically, "Do you not know what these are?" Zechariah answers with humility, "No, my lord." Had Zechariah not responded with humility and openness, he probably would not have gained much from the whole experience. People who think they know it all already cut themselves off from learning anything new.