Be Humble Quotes

• The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Being Strong, Business

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016

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• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Beautiful, God

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• Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

  John Madden

  Self Esteem, Humble, Sunset

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• 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

  Passion, Humble, Successful

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• If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about other people's opinions. Be humble and you will never be disturbed. Remember St. Aloysius, who said he would continue to play billiards even if he knew he was going to die. Do you play well? Sleep well? Eat well? These are duties. Nothing is small for God.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Attitude, Humble

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• Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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• 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

  Humble, Mean, Differences

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• Humble people ask for help.

  Joyce Meyer

  Humble, People, Helping

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• Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.

  Paulo Coelho

  Humble, Mean, Order

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• If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know.

  David Duchovny

  Smart, Book, Humble

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

  Don Marquis

  Bible, Jesus, Humble

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• Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

  Pope John XXIII

  Humble, People, Proud

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• The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Inspirational, Success, Congratulations

  Summing Up (1938) p. 187

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• It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

  Judith Martin

  Humble, Humility, Quality

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• The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

  C. S. Lewis

  Pain, Real, Believe

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• The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

  John W. Gardner

  Philosophy, Rain, Anger

  Dr. John W. Gardner (2015). “Excellence: Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too?”, p.97, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

  Galileo Galilei

  Truth, Inspiration, Independent

  "Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men". Book by François Arago, as translated by Baden Powell, Robert Grant, and William Fairbairn, p. 365, 1859.

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• I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

  Samuel Butler

  Humble, Long, Use

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”

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• Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Truth, Humble, Thinking

  Jawaharlal Nehru (1980). “An Anthology”

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• Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

  Blaise Pascal

  Inspirational, God, Friday

  Blaise Pascal, James M. Houston (2006). “The Mind on Fire: Faith for the Skeptical and Indifferent”, p.155, David C Cook

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• Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.

  Hugh Prather

  Honesty, Stupid, Moving

  Hugh Prather (2003). “Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions”, p.46, Conari Press

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• It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Humble, Humility, Lows

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• Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Humble, Humility

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• Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

  Livy

  Humble, Greatness, Rome

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Praefatio, section 4,

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• Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Thank You, Strong, Children

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.158, Turner Publishing Company

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