Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michel de Montaigne

A man may be humble through vainglory.

Michel de Montaigne

Custom is a violent and treacherous school mistress. She, by little and lithe, slyly and unperceived, slips in the foot of her authority; but having by this gentle and humble beginning, with the benefit of time, fixed and established it, she then unmasks a furious and tyrannic countenance, against which we have no more the courage or the power so much as to lift up our eyes.

Michael Kinsley

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

Mark Twain

Thanksgiving day. Let us all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks now, but the turkeys.

Marianne Williamson

The soul force we need in America today, more than any other, is the spirit of atonement. We need to humble ourselves before God and ask forgiveness for the things we have done wrong. We need to ask God to forgive us for our arrogance.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

All intelligent faith in God has behind it a background of humble agnosticism.

George Washington

Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.

G. H. Hardy

Good work is not done by 'humble' men

G. H. Hardy

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.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

But twice-two-makes-four is for all that a most insupportable thing. Twice-two-makes-four is, in my humble opinion, nothing but a piece of impudence. Twice-two-makes-four is a farcical, dressed-up fellow who stands across your path with arms akimbo and spits at you.

John Polkinghorne

The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which itself can provide. Religion, if it is to take seriously its claim that the world is the creation of god, must be humble enough to learn from science what that world is actually like. The dialogue between them can only be mutually enriching.

Mike Tomlin

More grounded, more humble, more selfless makes us more opportunistic.

Mike Tyson

When I was young, I thought I was a god. Now, I just basically work on staying humble. My priorities changed. Just to be able to try to change them - that was frightening to me.

Mike Tyson

Man is not meant to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.

Mike Tyson

I just want to be humble at all times.

Mike Tyson

Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they've gotten their ass kicked before.

Mike Tyson

If you're not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.

Robert Herrick

Humble we must be, if to heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low.

Rick Pitino

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.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is always the secure who are humble.

Jonathan Cain

I remain God's humble servant.

Katha Pollitt

For me, religion is serious business - a farrago of authoritarian nonsense, misogyny and humble pie, the eternal enemy of human happiness and freedom.

Lenny Kravitz

The way I was raised and the people that I grew up around for the most part were very humble people, and I appreciate all that they taught me, and their energy and their magnanimity help keep me grounded.

Thomas Aquinas

The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind; This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images; O wonderful reality! The poor, the slave, and the humble can eat the Lord.

Therese of Lisieux

Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident - in the most audacious way - in His Fatherly goodness.

Therese of Lisieux

I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.

Terry Pratchett

Sometimes I think a man could wander across the disc all his life and not see everything there is to see,' said Twoflower. 'And now it seems there are lots of other worlds as well. When I think I might die without seeing a hundredth of all there is to see it makes me feel,' he paused, then added, 'well, humble, I suppose. And very angry, of course.

Simon Sinek

I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.

Sri Chinmoy

One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility.

Thomas Merton

Humble people can do great things with uncommon perfection because they are no longer concerned about their own interests and their own reputation, and therefore they no longer need to waste their efforts in defending them.

Randy Couture

You have to be true to yourself and remain humble. Whether you win or lose, you've got to treat everyone the same, and be who you are.

Richard Paul Evans

I'm a humble guy, okay?

Yogi Berra

Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.