Top 100 Humility Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.”

— Billy Graham

52. “In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all.”

— C. S. Lewis

53. “Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others... By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

54. “I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I’m just an entertainer.”

— Elvis Presley

55. “People who are humble don’t talk too much; they listen.”

— Frederick Lenz

56. “I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.”

— Socrates

57. “Being humble matters.”

— Kevin Hart

58. “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

59. “Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.”

— William Arthur Ward

60. “It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.”

— Saint Augustine

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

— Fulton J. Sheen

62. “Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall. The ground is where humility lives. Take it. Learn it. Breathe it in. And then come back stronger, humbler and more aware of your need for Him. Come back having seen your own nothingness and His greatness.”

— Yasmin Mogahed

63. “Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love.”

— John Wesley

64. “Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you have 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

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

— Rabindranath Tagore

66. “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

67. “Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.”

— Benjamin Franklin

68. “Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.”

— Alan Cohen

69. “Pride divides the men, humility joins them.”

— Socrates

70. “The true way and the sure way to friendship is through humility-being open to each other, accepting each other just as we are, knowing each other.”

— Mother Teresa

71. “True intimacy with God always brings humility.”

— Beth Moore

72. “Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride, nor your humility without wisdom.”

— Saint Augustine

73. “The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn’t whether you will make them, it’s what you will do about them. It’s whether you will choose the path of humility and courage or the path of ego and pride.”

— Stephen R. Covey

74. “Actual Gratitude is the Symptom of Humility.”

— Radhanath Swami

75. “Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will.”

— Max Lucado

76. “Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.”

— Douglas Adams

77. “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”

— Albert Schweitzer

78. “Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.”

— Ernest Hemingway

79. “I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength.”

— Khalil Gibran

80. “Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?”

— Leo Tolstoy

81. “You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?”

— Steven Wright

82. “Something very beautiful happens to people when their world’s fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor.”

— Marianne Williamson

83. “We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”

— Ernest Hemingway

84. “There’s a belief that you’re supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don’t see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.”

— Joel Osteen

85. “Good things come in small packages.”

— Aesop

86. “Community is where humility and glory touch.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

87. “Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.”

— Aaron Swartz

88. “One has to be alone, under the sky, Before everything falls into place and one finds his or her own place in the midst of it all. We have to have the humility to realize ourselves as part of nature.”

— Thomas Merton

89. “Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

90. “Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness.”

— Pope John Paul II

91. “The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God.”

— J.I. Packer

92. “The world will be saved by the western woman.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

93. “The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience as before something great.”

— Abraham Maslow

94. “Recite your Rosary with faith, with humility, with confidence, and with perseverance.”

— Louis de Montfort

95. “If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.”

— Epicurus

96. “There are always people who will be better at something than you are. You have to learn to be a follower before you become a leader.”

— Charlie Munger

97. “I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody’s that smart.”

— Charlie Munger

98. “The smart hawk hides its talons.”

— Japanese Proverb

99. “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.”

— Anonymous

100. “Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.”

— Rudyard Kipling