humility quotes

• Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life. (George Arliss) [humility/wisdom/changes/life]
• They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud. (Robert Burton) [humility]
• The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. (Charles Caleb Colton) [truth/time/humility]
• Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak. (Thomas Fuller) [pride/humility]
• With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive. (Oliver Goldsmith) [humility]
• Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight. (Milan Kundera) [mystic/fear/humility/delight]
• Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [humility/power]
• I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. ( Laozi) [humility/leader/men]
• I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. ( Laozi) [humility/leader/men]
• Our humility rest upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited. (Margaret Mead) [humility/rest]
• 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. (John Ray) [humility/spirit/beauty]
• The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich. ( Saadi) [god/humility]
• Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. (Jonathan Swift) [vanity/humility/pride]
• Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights. (Henry David Thoreau) [humility/darkness]
• Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. (Simone Weil) [genius/virtue/humility]
• Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasions to change. (Frank Lloyd Wright) [life/vanity/humility/vanity]
• “During my out-of-body experience, I didn't acknowledge her, shamefully, ... With great humility, I acknowledge her profusely. She is the center of the universe which is our movie. She knows the esteem in which I hold her.” (Julia Roberts) [experience/humility/universe/movie]
• “I'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that I've experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore.” (Reese Witherspoon) [career/life/humility/business]
• “We remain a land of great promise, but we must move on, ... humility in exercising our power around the world.” (Bruce Springsteen) [land/humility/power]
• Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests. (Max Beerbohm) [humility/virtue/virtue]
• One thing that golf teaches you is humility. (Robert Wagner) [thing/golf/humility]

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