Top 40 Humble Quotes (2023 Update)

1. “There is no substitute for hardwork. Always be humble and hungry.”

— Dwayne Johnson

2. “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

Also featured in: Strong Quotes

3. “Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

— Yogi Berra

Also featured in: Adventure Quotes

4. “Always asked, ‘Whats the key to success?’ The key is, there is no key. Be humble, hungry and always be the hardest worker in the room.”

— Dwayne Johnson

Also featured in: Motivational Bodybuilding Quotes

5. “Be humble, or you’ll stumble.”

— D.L. Moody

6. “Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.”

— A. R. Rahman

7. “A humble man is not afraid of failure. In fact, he is not afraid of anything, even himself, since perfect humility implies perfect confidence in the power of God.”

— Thomas Merton

Also featured in: Humility Quotes

8. “Stay humble, stay grounded, remember what got you to that level-and that’s hard work.”

— Tim Howard

9. “Always enter like a kitten and leave like a lion. But NEVER enter like a lion and leave like a kitten. Always be humble.”

— Carlson Gracie

10. “Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don’t.”

— Tom Hiddleston

Also featured in: Humility Quotes, Fate Quotes

11. “Be humble because until the sun with all its grandeur, let the moon shine.”

— Bob Marley

12. “To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.”

— James Joyce

13. “Be humble, be grateful, give back, share, pay it forward, chase your dreams, go for it, and take a moment to remember where it is ALL from.”

— Justin Bieber

14. “Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble.”

— Orrin Woodward

15. “We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Also featured in: Humility Quotes

16. “At home I am a nice guy: but I don’t want the world to know. Humble people, I’ve found, don’t get very far.”

— Muhammad Ali

17. “Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.”

— Fulton J. Sheen

Also featured in: Humility Quotes

18. “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.”

— Kavita Ramdas

19. “Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom.”

— Rumi

20. “If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.”

— Mike Tyson

21. “Being humble matters.”

— Kevin Hart

22. “Being humble is cooler than being famous.”

— Robin S. Sharma

23. “Be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

24. “If one assumes a humble attitude, one’s own good qualities will increase. Whereas if one is proud, one will become jealous of others, one will look down on others, and due to that there will be unhappiness in society.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

25. “The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.”

— Serena Williams

26. “Live without pretending, love without depending, listen without defending, speak without offending.”

— Drake

27. “The Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference.”

— David Jeremiah

28. “He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

29. “Be humble, believe in yourself, and have the love of the world in your heart.”

— Michael Jackson

Also featured in: Quotes About Believing, Quotes About Heart

30. “I humble myself before God, and there the list ends.”

— Sam Houston

31. “I live for the nights that I can’t remember, with the people that I won’t forget.”

— Drake

Also featured in: Quotes About Night

32. “My life belongs the Lord Krishna now. I’m just the servant of Krishna. I’ve never been so humble in all my life, and I feel great!”

— George Harrison

33. “Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a great deity. More humble and I believe true to consider him created from animals.”

— Charles Darwin

34. “Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.”

— Sigmund Freud

35. “This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we’re arrogant and soften us when we are unkind.”

— Pema Chödrön

Also featured in: Sadness Quotes

36. “Worship is humble and glad, worship forgets itself in remembering God; worship celebrates the truth as God’s truth, not its own.”

— N. T. Wright

37. “Humble people ask for help.”

— Joyce Meyer

38. “We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.”

— Tim Tebow

39. “Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.”

— Drake

Also featured in: Hate Quotes

40. “Negroes – Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day – They change their mind.”

— Langston Hughes