It is good, too, that we sometimes suffer opposition, and that men think ill of us and misjudge us, even when we do and mean well. Such things are an aid to humility, and preserve us from pride and vainglory. For we more readily turn to God as our inward witness, when men despise us […]
Humility - Humble Quotes
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.
Humility and inner peace go hand in hand. The less compelled you are to try to prove yourself to others, the easier it is to feel peaceful inside.
Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.
The meek may inherit the earth, but the earth inherits all of us.
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be modest about.
Humility is nothing else but the right judgment of ourselves.
Mr Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture freely like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it. Attributed
I am no more humble than my talents require.
Never be haughty to the humble. Never be humble to the haughty.
