Quotes About the Benefits of Humility and Being Humble
Humility -- the quality of being humble -- is elusive. Yes, we still want to be confident in ourselves. Yes, we should still be able to be proud inside when we work hard to accomplish something good. It is not a black and white thing though - many shades of gray. Perhaps it means not crowing about yourself too much, and recognizing that other people are also doing great things, and acknowledging that you are not always right or the best at something. There is always someone who is even better. Ultimately, I think it means yes, we should love ourselves and our accomplishments, but never if it means putting the needs of others before ourselves or if it belittles others or if we have thoughts that we might be better than others. We're all on this planet the same and all striving and all doing our best and each fighting our own battles.
We have assembled the best quotes on humility and being humble we could find. We hope you like them and that they are helpful to you. Definitely pondering them will help one get a better understanding of humility than our attempt at a definition (-:
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.
To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
I know it makes no sense, but believe me it is true: to be soft is to be strong, to be humble is to be great, and to be generous is to be wealthy.
A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.
When we presume that we are better than people who need structure and guidance, we lack one of the most crucial ingredients for change: humility.
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To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge, and act from the point of rest in ourselves. Then, how much disappears, and all that remains falls into place.
In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
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Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
Cease to be a disobedient child in the school of experience, and begin to learn, with humility and patience, the lessons that are set for your ultimate perfection.
True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.
Shy people don't say they are shy. Humble people don't say they are humble. If someone does, read again.
Nothing is more deceitful, said Darcy, than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.
Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already expected to be greater and wiser.
In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you lose your peace of heart.
There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status.
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.
True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

What you're doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other people, the way that you analyze and relate to a written text, the way that you would persuade anybody to do anything. It has to do with listening, with humility and a sense of yourself.
You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked -- but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.
Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.
Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.
Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Recognizing your talents doesn't mean believing they're limitless. Accepting your strengths doesn't lead to pride, but instead to humility; you're less likely to resent what others have if you understand your own bounty.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
Join me in my quest for a greater understanding of our existence. Join me in my desire for a greater self. Join me as I seek the humility to love and understand my fellow man.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
