Quotes about Humility
No man is great if he thinks he is.
— Will Rogers
Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.
— Confucius
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
— Abraham Lincoln
If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.
— Mark Twain
Humility saves man: pride makes him lose his way.
— Pope Francis
There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.
— Publilius Syrus
By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.
— Thomas a Kempis
Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
— Thomas a Kempis
To love our nothingness we must love everything in us that the proud man loves when he loves himself. But we must love it all for exactly the opposite reason.
— Thomas Merton
God will not go forth with that man who marches in his own strength
— Charles Spurgeon
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.
— Charles Spurgeon
The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.
— Charles Spurgeon