Embrace the Power of Humility: 50 Inspirational Quotes

Discover a curated collection of 50 inspirational quotes about humility that will inspire you to embrace this essential virtue. From renowned thinkers to modern leaders, these quotes highlight the beauty and strength found in humility. Explore how humility can transform your perspective, enhance your relationships, and lead to personal growth. Whether you're seeking motivation or a deeper understanding of humility, this collection offers wisdom that resonates across time and cultures. Join us in celebrating the power of humility through the words of those who have recognized its importance in their lives. Let these quotes inspire you to cultivate humility in your own journey and make a positive impact on the world around you.

Wisdom from the Masters

"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."

- Saint Augustine

Success

"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels."

- Saint Augustine

Spirituality

"Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues."

- Confucius

Wisdom

"Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought."

- Charles Caleb Colton

Wisdom

"Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real."

- Thomas Merton

Belief

"To be a leader means to have humility, to have respect and to serve the people that we are leading."

- Radhanath Swami

Leadership

"Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new."

- Steven Tyler

Personal Growth

"True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us."

- Tryon Edwards

Belief

"The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility."

- Charles Caleb Colton

Wisdom

"Humility isn't denying your strengths; it's being honest about your weaknesses."

- Rick Warren

Self-awareness

"I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Personal Growth

"All streams flow to the ocean because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power."

- Lao Tzu

Nature

"Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Compassion

"Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right."

- Ezra T. Benson

Belief

"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

Wisdom

"To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength."

- Criss Jami

Courage

"We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility."

- Rabindranath Tagore

Spirituality

"Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness."

- Simon Sinek

Leadership

"Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop."

- Joyce Meyer

Personal Growth

"Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Awareness

"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

Compassion

"Be humble, hungry and the hardest worker in the room."

- Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)

Hard Work

"What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love. You can’t see any of those, but they’re the guiding lights of a life."

- Jimmy Carter (39th U.S. President)

Compassion

"Humility makes great men twice honorable."

- Benjamin Franklin

Achievement

"Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."

- Martin Luther King Jr

Service

"Humility, like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights."

- Henry David Thoreau

Spirituality

"The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love."

- Pope Francis

Spirituality

"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

Compassion

"Without humility there can be no humanity."

- John Buchan

Compassion

"Arrogance repels. Humility inspires."

- Robin Sharma

Inspiration

"Humility wins. Love conquers."

- Robin Sharma

Love

"To live free is to live in humility: you don’t pretend, you don’t show off."

- Maxime Lagacé

Spirituality

"Humility is, 'nothing but that simple consent of the creature to let God be all, in virtue of which it surrenders itself to His working alone.'"

- Andrew Murray

Spirituality

"True humility is being able to accept criticisms as graciously as we accept compliments."

- Sabrina Newby

Self-awareness

"By bringing nature into our lives, we invite humility."

- Richard Louv

Nature

"Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves."

- William Law

Self-awareness

"Ego kills knowledge, as knowledge requires learning, and learning requires humility."

- Rolsey

Knowledge

"There is beauty and humility in imperfection."

- Guillermo del Toro

Compassion

"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."

- Colin Powell

Self-awareness

"True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves."

- Ralph W. Sockman

Self-awareness

"It is a long journey, not just as a writer, but as a human being. Take nothing and no one for granted, be humble always, be kind especially when it's difficult and never forget the place where you came from and the people that helped you get where you are."

- CK Webb

Personal Growth

"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."

- Abraham Lincoln

Faith

"Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity."

- Vanna Bonta

Self-awareness

"If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you."

- Mike Tyson

Adversity

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."

- Ernest Hemingway

Personal Growth

"Humility is royalty without a crown."

- Spencer W. Kimball

Spirituality

"I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs."

- George Hickenlooper

Success

"A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing."

- Albert Einstein

Knowledge

"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

Wisdom

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

- Harry S Truman

Success

"There is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive."

- Benjamin Franklin

Adversity

"On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom."

- Michel de Montaigne

Self-awareness

"A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility."

- Lawrence G. Lovasik

Compassion

"Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected."

- William Safire

Courage

"He who tries to shine dims his own light."

- Lao Tzu

Wisdom

"It takes a big person to do something small."

- Joel Osteen

Achievement

"Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself."

- Blaise Pascal

Belief in Self

"The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast."

- Lao Tzu

Wisdom

"Many people are miserable because they think that occasional destructive feelings necessarily make them terrible persons."

- Joshua Loth Liebman

Self-awareness

"If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect."

- Ted Turner

Self-improvement

"Stay humble, tables turn quick."

- Steve Harvey

Awareness

"I truly believe we are all equal as human beings."

- Conor McGregor

Belief in Self

"Learn to laugh at yourselves as one must laugh!"

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Happiness

"Humility is not a trait I often associate with America."

- Mira Nair

Awareness

Bite-sized Inspirational Quotes

"The more humble you are, the higher you will rise."

- Unknown

Growth

"Work hard, stay humble."

- Unknown

Hard Work

"Humility is the key to moral excellence. It is the noblest quality a person can possess."

Morality

"Self-confidence is very important. But without compassion and humility, it's just arrogance."

Self-awareness