I have a lot of pride, but I also have humility.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak

We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.

For my part I am persuaded the more light we have, the more we see our own sinfulness: the nearer we get to heaven, the more we are clothed with humility.

Humility and silence are beautiful graces in young people. Never be ashamed of being a learner: Jesus was one at twelve years; when He was found in the temple, He was “sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions

Gradual growth in grace, growth in knowledge, growth in faith, growth in love, growth in holiness, growth in humility, growth in spiritual-mindedness – all this I see clearly taught and urged in Scripture, and clearly exemplified in the lives of many of God’s saints. But sudden, instantaneous leaps from conversion to consecration I fail to see in the Bible.

Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.

Faith is the champion of Grace, and Love the nurse; but Humility is the beauty of Grace

Humility can weep over other men’s weaknesses, and joy and rejoice over their graces

One of the fundamental points about religious humility is you say you don’t know about the ultimate judgment. It’s beyond your judgment. And if you equate God’s judgment with your judgment, you have a wrong religion.

Humility is the mark of a genuine disciple

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned

I think that humility is key to succeed and conquer your dreams.

Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others.

Such was the code: Strive for victory, but never seem to be self-involved.

It was a typical point, made in typical style, mixing pride and humility.

His was a quiet but persistent charisma.

In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you lose your peace of heart

One has to be alone, under the sky, Before everything falls into place and one finds his or her own place in the midst of it all. We have to have the humility to realize ourselves as part of nature

Humility is the surest sign of strength.

Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real.

There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.

A true test of a man’s character is his humility in victory and grace in defeat.

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world.

The other great heritage is Christian ethics – the basis of action on love, the brotherhood of all men, the value of the individual, the humility of the spirit. These two heritages are logically, thoroughly consistent.

To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.

To examine each part of this humongous land, it may take as long as fifty years.

In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say “I’m sorry. Please forgive me.”

Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.

Purity in body and heart May please some–as for me, I make no boast. For, as you know, no master of a household Has all of his utensils made of gold; Some are wood, and yet they are of use.

I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable.

Those who travel the high road of humility in Washington, D.C., are not bothered by heavy traffic.

The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness.

Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.

Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.

The God of Christians is a God of love and comfort, a God who fills the soul and heart of those whom he possesses, a God who makes them conscious of their inward wretchedness, and his infinite mercy; who unites himself to their inmost soul, who fills it with humility and joy, with confidence and love, who renders them incapable of any other end than himself.

The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility.

Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.

I can talk about humility, but I’m not humble. I mean, if you say, ‘I’m humble,’ you’ve just contradicted yourself.

As for the meaning of this word, I have looked in vain in other languages for an equivalent, though I find it difficult to imagine how anyone can understand the human soul without it.

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

You have to fail and then get better. Then you have to fail again, and then get even better.