Top 100 Humanism Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?”

— William Shakespeare

102. “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

— Nelson Mandela

103. “What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.”

— Fred Rogers

104. “In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.”

— Marianne Williamson

105. “The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.”

— Fred Rogers

106. “Love everybody, serve everybody.”

— Abdu'l-Bahá

107. “My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.”

— Maya Angelou

108. “It’s not so much staying alive, it’s staying human that’s important. What counts is that we don’t betray each other.”

— George Orwell

109. “Life is nothing without friendship.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

110. “If you are not the hero of your own story, then you’re missing the whole point of your humanity.”

— Steve Maraboli

111. “I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware, I sit content, And if each and all be aware, I sit content.”

— Walt Whitman

112. “You know it’s funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.”

— Tupac Shakur

113. “Every war is a war against children.”

— Eglantyne Jebb

114. “What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

115. “We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”

— J.K. Rowling

116. “You can’t lead the people if you don’t love the people. You can’t save the people if you don’t serve the people.”

— Cornel West