Humble Man Quotes

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

  Saint Augustine

  Humility, Angel, Pride

  "Manipulus Florum". Book edited by Thomas Hibernicus,

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• A great man is always willing to be little.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Confidence, Spiritual, Integrity

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Compensation and Self-Reliance”, p.23, Cosimo, Inc.

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• If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Humble, Humility

  Mother Teresa (2016). “No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition”, p.55, New World Library

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• Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?

  Carl Sagan

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

  Carl Sagan, Tom Head (2006). “Conversations with Carl Sagan”, p.145, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• 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

  Humility, Humble, Men

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.190, New Directions Publishing

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• I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

  John Ruskin

  Motivational, Believe, Humility

  John Ruskin (1868). “Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin”, p.348

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• Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

  William Penn

  Humble, Humility, Pride

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• Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call "humble" nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is a nobody. Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.

  C. S. Lewis

  Real, Humble, Intelligent

  C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.112, HarperCollins UK

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• Normally, I've found in my life that the louder you speak, probably, the less of a fighter you are. All the fighters I've had a chance and the honor to serve with didn't pat themselves on the back, were pretty humble men and women.

  David Dewhurst

  Humble, Men, Honor

  "Dewhurst, Cruz appeal to bases on Texas runoff eve". www.foxnews.com. July 30, 2012.

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• Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite his desire, to inflame his faith, to animate his hope, to raise his soul from earth to heaven.

  Adam Clarke

  Christian, Prayer, Heart

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• And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Hope, Humble, Men

  "Louis Farrakhan Discusses His Role in the Murder of Malcolm X". www.cnn.com. May 14, 2000.

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• Fellow-Christians, do let us study the Bible portrait of the humble man. And let us ask our brethren, and ask the world, whether they recognize in us the likeness to the original.

  Andrew Murray

  Christian, Humble, Men

  Andrew Murray (2016). “Humility: The Beauty of Holiness”, p.27, Gideon House Books

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• A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom; and that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for, and that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Distance, Humble, Blessing

  Jonathan Edwards (2000). “Christian Love and It's Fruit”, p.65, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.

  Francis Quarles

  Love, God, Heart

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• A humble man who lives a spiritual life, when he reads the Holy Scriptures, while relate all things to himself and not to others.

  Mark the Evangelist

  Inspirational, Christian, Spiritual

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• And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Humble, Men, Watches

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.

  Joseph Hall

  Humble, Men, Thinking

  Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (1808). “The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works”, p.65

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• The doctrines of grace humble man without degrading him and exalt him without inflating him.

  Charles Hodge

  Humble, Men, Grace

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• A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.

  Nachman of Breslov

  Humble, Men, Giving

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• The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Humble, Humility, Blessing

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• I hate a stupid man who can't talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man who is too lazy to make any effort to shine; but I particularly dislike the man who is always striving for effect. I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . . A man who would tell me that I am pretty, unless he is over seventy, ought to be kicked out of the room. But a man who can't show me that he thinks me so without saying a word about it, is a lout.

  Anthony Trollope

  Sex, Clever, Stupid

  Anthony Trollope (2015). “The Palliser Novels: Complete Parliamentary Chronicles (All Six Novels in One Volume): Can You Forgive Her? + Phineas Finn + The Eustace Diamonds + Phineas Redux + The Prime Minister + The Duke’s Children”, p.755, e-artnow

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• Good work is no done by "humble" men. It is one of the first duties of a professor, for example, in any subject, to exaggerate a little both the importance of his subject and his own importance in it. A man who is always asking "Is what I do worth while?" and "Am I the right person to do it?" will always be ineffective himself and a discouragement to others. He must shut his eyes a little and think a little more of his subject and himself than they deserve. This is not too difficult: it is harder not to make his subject and himself ridiculous by shutting his eyes too tightly.

  G. H. Hardy

  Eye, Hard Work, Humble

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• To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really a sea.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Humble, Men, Sea

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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