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It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am. Muhammad Ali
I think I am, actually humble. I think I’m much more humble than you would understand. Donald Trump, interview 60 Minutes 17 July 2016
Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever it has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved? Carl Sagan, interview Charlie Rose 27th May 1996
I just want to be humble at all times. Mike Tyson
We’re all just one trade away from humility. Wall Street 1987 starring Michael Douglas & Charlie Sheen & Daryl Hannah & Martin Sheen & John C McGinley & Terence Stamp & James Karen & Hal Holbrook & Sean Young & James Spader et al, director Oliver Stone
In 1969 I published a small book on Humility. It was a pioneering work which has not, to my knowledge, been superseded. Lord Longford, cited Tablet 22nd January 1994
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted. Friedrich Nietzsche
To become really great, one has to stand with people, not above them. Charles de Montesquieu
I have sounded the very bass-string of humility. William Shakespeare, I Henry IV II v 5&6, Prince Harry to Poins
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke 14:11
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke 18:14
‘I am well aware that I am the ’umblest person going,’ said Uriah Heep, modestly; ‘let the other be where he may.’ Charles Dickens, David Copperfield ch16
‘’Umble we are, ’umble we have been, ’umble we shall ever be.’ ibid. ch17
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. Rick Pitino
I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. John Ruskin
A great man is always willing to be little. Ralph Waldo Emerson
‘Nothing is more deceitful,’ said Darcy, ‘than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.’ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm. Jean-Paul Sartre, The Devil and the Good Lord 4:5
He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Devil’s Walk (original title, Devil’s Thoughts); co-authors Coleridge and Southey
Humble things become the humble. Horace, Epistles, I:7:44
Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot. Thomas Moore, Loves of the Angels, Third Angel’s Story st11
Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that. Charles Spurgeon, Gleanings Among the Sheaves, Humility
Humility is no substitute for a good personality. Fran Lebowitz
This is the most humble day of my life. Rupert Murdoch before select committee of MPs