30 Humble Quotes to Remind Us of the Importance of Humility

1. “Humility isn’t denying your strengths; it’s being honest about your weaknesses.” – Rick Warren

2. “Without humility, there can be no humanity.” – John Buchan

3. “Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop.” – Joyce Meyer

4. “In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself.” – William Countryman

5. “Humility will open more doors than arrogance ever will.” – Zig Ziglar

6. “Humility, like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.” – Henry David Thoreau

7. “Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.” – Simone Weil

8. “Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.” – T. S. Eliot

9. “Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.” – Charles H. Spurgeon

10. “True humility is staying teachable, regardless of how much you already know.” – Dana Arcuri

11. “Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.” — Gordon B. Hinckley

12. “Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

13. “Don’t think less of yourself, just think of yourself less.” – Ken Blanchard

14. “There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self.” – Henri Frederic Amiel

15. “Successful indeed are the believers; those who humble themselves in their prayers.” ― Rev. Fr. Peter Obinna Umekwe

16. “Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.” – Blaise Pascal

17. “There’s no need to show off when you know who you are.” – Maxime Lagacé

18. “Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.” – Rick Pitino

19. “Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.” – Miyamoto Musashi

20. “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” – Dr. Paul Farmer

21. “It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” – Mahatma Gandhi

22. “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” – C.S. Lewis

23. “Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.” – John J. McCloy

24. “The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.” – Vincent de Paul

25. “Making mistakes isn’t enough to become great. You must also admit the mistake, and then learn how to turn that mistake into an advantage.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki

26. “If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.” – Mother Teresa

27. “It is very important to be humble but to maintain the conviction that we can do something good.” ― Claudio Ranieri

28. “For a man who walks in the light, to stay humble is not to walk in the dark; you don’t need to project yourself to be thought an honest man.” – Mike Norton

29. “I am able to stay humble because I recognize that God has truly blessed me; I can’t say that enough.” – Heather Headley

30. “What separates me from most so-called atheists is a feeling of utter humility toward the unattainable secrets of the harmony of the cosmos.” – Albert Einstein