99+ Humble Quotes To Increase Your Inner Humanity

“Humble” is an adjective that describes someone or something as having a modest or lowly view of oneself or one’s abilities. It often implies a lack of arrogance, pride, or pretentiousness. A humble person does not boast about their achievements and is willing to acknowledge their limitations. They tend to show respect and deference towards others and are open to learning from different perspectives. Humility is often regarded as a positive trait as it fosters empathy, collaboration, and personal growth.

Humble Quotes

1. “Don’t think less of yourself, just think of yourself less.”
― Ken Blanchard

2. “To lead the people, walk behind them.”
― Lao Tzu

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

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

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

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

7. “Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.”
― Miyamoto Musashi

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

9. “Without humility, there can be no humanity.”
― John Buchan

10. “Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop.”
― Joyce Meyer

11. “Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.”
― Confucius

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

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

14. “Humility will open more doors than arrogance ever will.”
― Zig Ziglar

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

16. “Humility is the surest sign of strength.”
― Thomas Merton

17. “Humility is the greatest quality that a man can have, and arrogance is undoubtedly the worst.”
― Maulana W. Khan

18. “Humility, like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.”
― Henry David Thoreau

19. “Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

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

21. “The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.”
― Charles Caleb Colton

22. “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
― Rumi

23. “Without patience, there can be no genius.”
― Robin Sharma

24. “All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.”
― Lao Tzu

25. “There is beauty and humility in imperfection.”
― Guillermo del Toro

26. “Learning is a feeling between humility and simplicity.”
― Alan Maiccon

27. “People search for certainty. But there is no certainty.”
― Richard P. Feynman

28. “Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.”
― Thomas Merton

29. “Pride is the problem, humility is the answer.”
― Joyce Meyer

30. “Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.”
― Saint Vincent de Paul

31. “Pride is concerned with who is right while humility is concerned with what is right.”
― Ezra Taft Benson

32. “Humility is clearer-eyed than ego – and that’s important because humility always works harder than ego.”
― Ryan Holiday

33. “Keep your head up in failure, and your head down in success.”
― Jerry Seinfeld

34. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
― Bill Gates

35. “The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.”
― Criss Jami

36. “Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually the most ambitious and envious.”
― Baruch Spinoza

37. “Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”
― Alexander Pope

38. “Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.”
― Oliver Herford

39. “Be humble, hungry and the hardest worker in the room.”
― Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

40. “Stay true in the dark and humble in the spotlight.”
― Harold B. Lee

41. “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”
― Socrates

42. “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
― Albert Einstein

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

44. “I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.”
― Diogenes

45. “We are all stumblers, and the beauty and meaning of life are in the stumbling.”
― David Brooks

46. “The measure of who we are is how we react to something that does not go our way.”
― Gregg Popovich

47. “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

48. “If pain doesn’t lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.”
― Katerina Stoykova Klemer

49. “You shouldn’t gloat about anything you’ve done; you ought to keep going and find something better to do.”
― David Packard

50. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.”
― Jesse Jackson

51. “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”
― C. S. Lewis

52. “The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

53. “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

54. “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

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

56. “Humility exists only in those who are poor enough to see that they possess nothing of their own.”
― Angela of Foligno

57. “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

58. “There is something in humility which, strangely enough, exalts the heart, and something in pride which debases it.”
― Saint Augustine

59. “Humility is the foundation by which love manifests.”
― Radhanath Swami

60. “Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.”
― Nelson Mandela

61. “Greatness is to stay humble when the whole world calls you great!”
― Mehmet Murat Ildan

62. “Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.”
― Blaise Pascal

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

64. “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

65. “Stay humble to the craft and never forget how much it actually takes to be the main character of a documentary.”
― Nicole Nielsen Horanyi

66. “Stay excited and stay humble and good things will come.”
― Mark McMorris

67. “Stay humble. Always answer your phone – no matter who else is in the car.”
― Jack Lemmon

68. “Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.”
― John Madden

69. “If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.”
― Mike Tyson

70. “A great man is always willing to be little. ”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

71. “One may be humble out of pride.”
― Michel de Montaigne

72. “It is better to be humble and happy than to be arrogant and lonely.”
― Darlene Bennett

73. “Be simple, stay humble, care with love, hug with kindness.”
― Debasish Mridha

74. “I feel like being true to yourself is always going to keep you humble; it’s always going to make you remember who you are.”
― Lil Tjay

75. “We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.”
― Tim Tebow

76. “I always want to just stay humble, and I always want to keep climbing.”
― Jon Pardi

77. “A wise man is humble, knowing he actually doesn’t know much.”
― Eraldo Banovac

78. “My aim is just to remain as humble and as godly as I can be.”
― Letitia Wright

79. “Every day I feel humble when I experience the vibrational essence of my world.”
― Debbie A. Anderson

80. “No amount of praise should go to your head. You should always remain humble.”
― Mohanlal

81. “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”
― Rick Warren

82. “A humble man will always receive the best that others have to offer; for he recognizes the truth.”
― Jeremy Aldana

83. “Selflessness is humility. Humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free.”
― Jeff Wilson

84. “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

85. “Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.”
― Yousef Munayyer

86. “Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”
― Camille Pissarro

87. “I’ll never forget where I’m from. It’s essential to remain humble and evolving.”
― Freida Pinto

88. “One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.”
― Madeleine L’Engle

89. A genuinely humble person humbles himself even before those who should be humbled by his presence.”
― Michael Ugwu Eneja

90. “Where there is humility, there is more success, and lasting success.”
― Patrick Lencioni

91. “The humble person has access to God’s wisdom and God’s favor.”
― Pat Robertson

92. “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
― Rev. Fr. Peter Obinna Umekwe

93. “Learn to be humble but not timid.”
― Franklin A. Ohiozebau

94. “If we remain humble and hungry, we can win.”
― Dave Allison

95. “If we can develop a truly humble attitude, we can change the world.”
― Jeffrey Krames

96. “We have to be humble, but with real humility, from head-to-toe.”
― Pope Francis

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

98. “Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.”
― Franklin A. Ohiobezau

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

100. “The humble spirit and contrite is an abode of my delight.”
― Isaac Watts