79 Humility Quotes to Ground Your Spirit

Humility, often regarded as the hallmark of true greatness, is a virtue that transcends cultures, beliefs, and generations. It speaks of inner strength and wisdom, a quiet confidence that eschews the need for grandeur or self-promotion. In a world often enamored with displays of power and success, humility stands as a beacon of sincerity and grace. This collection of quotes celebrates the profound wisdom found in humility, offering insights and reflections from voices both ancient and modern. Whether reminding us of the value of listening, the power of empathy, or the beauty of simplicity, these humility quotes invite us to ponder and embrace the gentle strength of humility in our lives.

Humility Quotes

1. “Humility is not the absence of pride, but the wisdom to recognize the value in every soul.” – Invajy

2. “Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.” – Thomas Merton

3. “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” – C.S. Lewis

4. “A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.” – Albert Einstein

5. “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” – Socrates
6. “A great man is always willing to be little.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. “Mastery begins with humility.” – Robin Sharma
8. “Humility will open more doors than arrogance ever will.” – Zig Ziglar
9. “Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.” – Miyamoto Musashi
10. “Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.” – H  Jackson Brown Jr
11. “We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.” – Rabindranath Tagore
12. “The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.” – Criss Jami
13. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.” – Jesse Jackson
14. “To lead the people, walk behind them.” – Lao Tzu
15. “True humility is contentment.” – Henri Frederic Amiel
16. “Blushing is the colour of virtue.” – Diogenes
17. “When we feel humiliated, the best reaction is humility.” – Simon Sinek
18. “The more humble you are, the higher you will rise.” – Anonymous
19. “It takes a big person to do something small.” – Joel Osteen
20. “Past success is poisonous to future success. Humility is the antidote.” – Mike Speiser
21. “Stay true in the dark and humble in the spotlight.” – Harold B. Lee
22. “Arrogance repels. Humility inspires.” – Robin Sharma
23. “Humility is absolutely necessary for true learning.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki
24. “Without humility there can be no humanity.” – John Buchan
25. “Learn to laugh at yourselves as one must laugh!” – Friedrich Nietzsche
26. “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt
27. “Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
28. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway
29. “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman (33rd U. S.  President)
30. “Be humble, hungry and the hardest worker in the room.” – Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
31. “Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.” – Colin Powell
32. “It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” – Mahatma Gandhi
33. “On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.” – Michel de Montaigne
34. “Humility makes great men twice honourable.” – Benjamin Franklin
35. “If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.” – Mike Tyson
36. “Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” –  Martin Luther King Jr
37. “I truly believe we are all equal as human beings.” – Conor McGregor
38. “I hear my friends and my mom tell me I’m special, but honestly, I still don’t get it.” – LeBron James
39. “Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.” – Adlai Stevenson
40. “Humility is mostly about being very honest about how much you owe to luck.” – Kevin Kelly
41. “Work hard, stay humble.” – Anonymous
42. “Humility wins. Love conquers.” – Robin Sharma
43. “He who tries to shine dims his own light.” – Lao Tzu
44. “The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast.” – Lao Tzu
45. “Humility always wins over extravagance. Don’t count your poker chips at the table.” – Andrew Wilkinson
46. “If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect.” – Ted Turner
47. “Stay humble, tables turn quick.” – Steve Harvey
48. “Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.” – William Safire
49. “There is beauty and humility in imperfection.” – Guillermo del Toro
50. “Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.” – Thomas Moore
51. “Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?” –  Leo Tolstoy
52. “Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.” – Saint Vincent de Paul
53. “Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.” – Confucius
54. “The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility.” – S. Eliot
55. “It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” – Augustine of Hippo
56. “Even when it speaks, humility listens.” – Thomas Merton
57. “Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.” – Charles Spurgeon
58. “If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.” – Mother Teresa
59. “Wash yourself clean. With simplicity, with humility, with indifference to everything but right and wrong.” – Marcus Aurelius
60. “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” – Albert Einstein
61. “You are going to die.” – Shay Carl
62. “Grateful yet ambitious. Wordly yet wise. Strong yet loving.” – Robin Sharma
63. “Pride is the problem, humility is the answer.” – Joyce Meyer
64. “Humility is the surest sign of strength.” – Thomas Merton
65. “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.” – Lao Tzu
66. “Perhaps wisdom…is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.” – Anthony Bourdain
67. “In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself.” – William Countryman
68. “When I look at a person, I see a person – not a rank, not a class, not a title.” – Criss Jami
69. “True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.” – Martin Luther
70. “Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop.” – Joyce Meyer
71. “There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status.” – Nelson Mandela
72. “The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.” – Pope Francis
73. “Humility, like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.” – Henry David Thoreau
74. “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” – Jimi Hendrix
75. “I have remained a simple fellow who asks nothing of the world.” – Albert Einstein
76. “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” – Albert Einstein
77. “Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
78. “The wise man enjoys the giving more than the recipient enjoys the receiving.” – Seneca
79. “Kindness is wisdom.” – Philip James Bailey