Humility And Modesty Quotes

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

Francois Guizot

Heart, Humility, Light

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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

Baron de Montesquieu

Leadership, Funny Inspirational, Integrity

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Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

Rick Warren

Humble, Humility, Thinking

Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.134, Zondervan

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It is always the secure who are humble.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Humble, Kids, Humility

"The Defendant". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1901.

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Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

William Temple

Freedom, Mean, Humility

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A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Benjamin Franklin

Motivational, Leadership, Teamwork

Benjamin Franklin (2010). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Penn Reading Project Edition”, p.11, University of Pennsylvania Press

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

Rabindranath Tagore

Humble, Humility, Great Teacher

Rabindranath Tagore (2007). “Stray Birds”, p.11, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Positive, Meaningful, Humility

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What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

Abraham Lincoln

Leadership, Humility, Giving

Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

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When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.

Bernard Baily

Inspirational, Humble, Humility

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Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

Wilson Mizner

Humility, Humble, Carpe Diem

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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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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Malcolm Forbes

Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Oliver Herford

Art, Humility, Modesty

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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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Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

Frank Leahy

Pain, Nfl, Stupidity

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

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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Confucius

Inspirational, Life, Success

Confucius, Mencius, Ssǔ shu, Wu king, Shu Ching (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.148

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There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us

Laurence J. Peter

Humility, Two, Literature

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Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Religious, Attitude, Humility

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Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.

C. S. Lewis

Wisdom, Humility, Perfect

C. S. Lewis (2009). “Weight of Glory”, p.38, Harper Collins

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It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'

W. Somerset Maugham

Children, Humble, Humility

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Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.

Eric Hoffer

Vivid, Awareness, Glory

Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

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To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Benjamin Franklin

Humble, Humility, Modesty

Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.68, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Arthur Helps

Beauty, Humility, Grace

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Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

Peter Marshall

Change, Humble, Easy

Peter Marshall (1949). “Prayers Offered by the Chaplain, the Rev. Peter Marshall, D.D.: At the Opening of the Daily Sessions of the Senate of the United States During the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congress 1947-1949”

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