Top 100 Humble Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

— Socrates

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2. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

— Lao Tzu

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3. “Do small things, with great love.”

— Mother Teresa

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4. “My life is my message.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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5. “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”

— Nelson Mandela

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6. “Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.”

— Lao Tzu

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7. “For it is in giving that we receive.”

— Francis of Assisi

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8. “I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

— Isaac Newton

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9. “Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.”

— Mother Teresa

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10. “A great man is always willing to be little.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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11. “In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.”

— Lao Tzu

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12. “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Service Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes

13. “Don’t aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.”

— Denzel Washington

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14. “There is no substitute for hard work. Always be humble and hungry.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Athlete Quotes, Career Development Quotes

15. “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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16. “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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17. “Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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18. “Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.”

— Bruce Lee

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19. “No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”

— Taylor Swift

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20. “A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”

— Buddha

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21. “Don’t let failure go to your heart, and don’t let success go to your head.”

— Will Smith

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22. “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”

— John Bunyan

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23. “Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be proud, but not arrogant.”

— Zig Ziglar

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24. “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

— Abraham Lincoln

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25. “I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”

— Khalil Gibran

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26. “Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.”

— Harold S. Kushner

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27. “Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”

— Conan O'Brien

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28. “I’m just a regular person who believes life is simple, and I like a simple life.”

— Manny Pacquiao

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29. “Your mantra is thank you. Just keep saying thank you. Don’t explain. Don’t complain. Just say thank you. Say thank you to existence.”

— Mooji

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30. “In the end only kindness matters.”

— Jewel

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31. “Good leaders must first become good servants.”

— Robert K. Greenleaf

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32. “If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.”

— Seneca the Younger

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33. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”

— Plato

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34. “In everything give thanks.”

— Paul the Apostle

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35. “My religion is kindness.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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36. “If you only say one prayer in a day, make it, ‘Thank You.’”

— Rumi

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37. “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

— Epictetus

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38. “I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that’s in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.”

— Maya Angelou

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39. “Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.”

— William Arthur Ward

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40. “Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.”

— Muhammad Ali

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41. “My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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42. “Start with the man in the mirror. Start with yourself. Don’t be looking at all the other things. Start with you.”

— Michael Jackson

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Accountability Quotes, Identity Quotes

43. “I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to stay that way! I was born happy, I love people, I have a trusting nature, and I'd like everyone else to be happy too. ”

— Anne Frank

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44. “God didn’t call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.”

— Mother Teresa

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45. “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”

— Albert Schweitzer

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46. “The closer you come to Jesus, the more faulty you will appear in your own eyes; for your vision will be clearer, and your imperfections will be seen in broad and distinct contrast to His perfect nature.”

— Ellen G. White

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47. “Everyone’s life is a page in the human history irrespective of the position he or she holds or the work he or she performs.”

— Abdul Kalam

48. “Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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49. “There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.”

— Mother Teresa

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50. “A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.”

— Simon Sinek

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