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Inspirational Quotes About Humility

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“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”
 
Saint Augustine (354-430);
Roman Catholic Saint
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Index_card_top “There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.”
 
Henri-Frederic Amiel (1821-1881);
Philosopher, Poet, Critic
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Index_card_top “Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”
 
Jane Austen (1775-1817);
Novelist
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Index_card_top “There is no limit to the amount of good a man can do, as long as he does not care who takes the credit.”
 
Sunday-Bolorunduro Awoniyi (1932-2007);
Nigerian Politician


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Index_card_top “Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself.”
 
Orlando A. Battista (1917-1995);
Chemist, Author
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Index_card_top “An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.”
 
Orlando A. Battista (1917-1995);
Chemist, Author
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Index_card_top “Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.”
 
Robert Brault - Poet
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Index_card_top “If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.”
 
Emily Brontë (1818-1848);
Novelist, Poet
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Index_card_top “The artist must be an egotist because, like the spider, he draws all his building material from his own breast. But just the same the artist alone among men knows what true humility means. His reach forever exceeds his grasp. He can never be satisfied with his work. He knows when he has done well, but he knows he has never attained his dream. He knows he never can.”
 
Rheta Childe Dorr (1866-1948);
American Journalist


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Index_card_top “Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.”
 
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969);
34th U.S. President
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Index_card_top “He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.”
 
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899);
Orator, Attorney, Politician
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Index_card_top “Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.”
 
Jesse Jackson (born 1941);
Politician, Civil Rights Activist
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Index_card_top “Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.”
 
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845);
7th U.S. President
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Index_card_top “Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man, and this immediately, though, of course, only in the case of complete and permanent humility.”
 
Frank Kafka (1883-1924);
Writer, Novelist
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Index_card_top “Always accept good fortune with grace and humility.”
 
Mark L. Mika -


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Index_card_top “Humility, that low, sweet root From which all heavenly virtues shoot.”
 
Sir Thomas Moore (1779-1852);
Poet, Singer
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Index_card_top “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.”
 
Augustine of Hippo (354-430);
Theologian


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Index_card_top “I wouldn't be human if I didn't feel pride and something that transcends pride humility.”
 
James Cash Penney (1875-1971);
Founder Of J.C. Penney Corporation
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Index_card_top “Arrogance invites ruin; humility receives benefits.”
 
Chinese Proverb -
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Index_card_top “When helping others, do not look for a reward; if you are looking for rewards, don't help others.”
 
Chinese Proverb -
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Index_card_top “I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility.”
 
John Ruskin (1819-1900);
Poet, Writer, Art Critic
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Index_card_top “I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.”
 
Lao Tzu (600-531);
Philosopher
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Index_card_top “Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.”
 
John R. Wooden (born 1910);
Basketball Coach, Author
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Index_card_top “The best way to have the last word is to apologize.”
 
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Index_card_top “It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit. ”
 
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Index_card_top “Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. ”
 
William Temple (1881-1944);
Archbishop


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Index_card_top “It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. ”
 
Andrew J. Holmes - Author


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Index_card_top “What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.”
 
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865);
16th U.S. President
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Index_card_top “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. ”
 
Malcolm S. Forbes (1919-1990);
Publisher
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Index_card_top “Blushing is the color of virtue. ”
 
Diogenes of Sinope Greek Philosopher


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Index_card_top “No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday. ”
 
Alexander Pope (1688-1744);
Poet, Critic, Translator
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Index_card_top “Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life. ”
 
George Arliss (1868-1946);
Actor


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Index_card_top “Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows. ”
 
Helen Nielsen (1918-2002);
Author, Actor


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Index_card_top “True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. ”
 
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood (1881-1959);
1st Earl Of Halifax


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Index_card_top “Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously. ”
 
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993);
Preacher, Author
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“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.”
 
Edmund Burke (1729-1797);
Statesman, Author, Philosopher
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“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.”
 
Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945);
English Writer


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“We are here to add what we can to, not get what we can from, life. ”
 
Sir William Osler (1849-1919);
Canadian Physician, Founding Professor At Johns Hopkins Hospital


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“Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man. ”
 
Shams-ud-din Muhammed Hafiz (1320-1388);
Persian Poet


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“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”
 
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970);
Philosopher, Mathematician
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