Humble famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Your humble light the fire of your mind blinds you: If you walk with a lantern in the dark you won't see the stars.
-- Hans Børli -
The devil sees nothing more abominable than a truly humble christian, for [that Christian] is just the opposite of [the devil's] own image
-- Hans Nielsen Hauge -
If you only know one kriya, then share that. Just be humble, teach it. Every student is a teacher.
-- Harbhajan Singh Yogi -
Stay true in the dark, and humble in the spotlight.
-- Harold B. Lee -
My humble prayer is that all men everywhere may understand more fully the significance of the atonement of the Savior of all mankind, who has given us the plan of salvation which will lead us into eternal life, where God and Christ dwell.
-- Harold B. Lee -
I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.
-- Haruki Murakami -
Lebanon is a small country, weak, an army with very humble capabilities.
-- Hassan Nasrallah -
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, fellow members of the motion picture industry and honored guests: This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards, for your kindness. It has made me feel very, very humble; and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything that I may be able to do in the future. I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel, and may I say thank you and God bless you.
-- Hattie McDaniel -
There is no end to one's faults. To think of them makes one humble.
-- Hazrat Inayat Khan -
I assert with confidence that the law of success, here and hereafter, is to have a humble and a prayerful heart, and to work, work, work.
-- Heber J. Grant -
I'm from really humble beginnings. I've never been this Hollywood diva, but you get caught up in what you're pretending to be.
-- Heidi Montag -
The only cure for vanity is laughter. And the only fault that's laughable is vanity.
-- Henri Bergson -
Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility.
-- Henri Nouwen -
It is glorious to be a member. It is glorious to have any office or calling in the Church, no matter how relatively humble the title may sound. I am impressed constantly with the fact that, regardless of our calling, we are all encouraged, we are all dedicated, and we are all working in the service of the Master.
-- Henry D. Moyle -
Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
-- Henry David Thoreau -
Few men are both rich and generous; fewer are both rich and humble.
-- Henry Edward Manning -
The foundation of humility is truth. The humble man sees himself as he is. If his depreciation of himself were untrue,... it wouldnot be praiseworthy, and would be a form of hypocrisy, which is one of the evils of Pride. The man who is falsely humble, we know from our own experience, is one who is falsely proud.
-- Henry Fairlie -
Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. (Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum.)
-- Henry Royce -
As the falcon launched trustingly heavenward is lost to view, the course of the higher poetry often soars beyond the ken of the multitude; and, as the humble birds carol blithely round our dwellings, so the meeker lays of the muse linger tunefully about the heart.
-- Henry Theodore Tuckerman -
Sleep sweetly in your humble graves,Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause;Though yet no marble column cravesThe pilgrim here to pause.Stoop, angels, hither from the skies!There is no holier spot of groundThan where defeated valor lies,By mourning beauty crowned!
-- Henry Timrod -
God can change the lowest to the highest, abase the proud, and raise the humble.
-- Horace -
Christ commands you to take up His cross and follow Him, not that He may humble you, or lay some penance upon you, but that you may surrender the low self-will and the feeble pride of your sin, and ascend into the sublime patience of heavenly charity.
-- Horace Bushnell -
By His trials, God means to purify us, to take away all our self-confidence, and our trust in each other, and bring us into implicit, humble trust in Himself.
-- Horace Bushnell -
It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation.
-- Hosea Ballou -
When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices. The mighty climb down. The humble are elevated.
-- Hugh Sidey -
Water is patient; it can stagnate and let itself be coated with scum if need be. It is as gentle as the morning's dew. It is non-confrontational, even respectful, in circumventing the rocks in a stream. It makes room for everything that enters its pools. It accommodates by assuming the shape of any vessel it is poured into. And it is humble, seeking always the lowest level. Yet along with - or rather because of these adaptive, yielding properties, it is ultimately irresistible; it carves canyons out of stone.
-- Huston Smith -
The keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Quran, being humble before Allah in secret, and leaving sins.
-- Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya -
The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.
-- Ibn Taymiyyah -
Shane lowered his glasses on his nose and gave me his version of a severe stare. I leaned a little toward Luther. "Is this the part where I faint in fear?" Luther bit his lip. "He might also accept falling to your knees and holding your hands in humble supplication. Makes it easier for him to slap the cuffs on.
-- Ilona Andrews -
There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each encounter of love... In a figurative way, Yiddish is the wise and humble language of us all, the idiom of a frightened and hopeful humanity.
-- Isaac Bashevis Singer -
Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire to be known or admired by others, but wishes to plunge from himself into himself, to become nothing, as if he had never been born. When he is completely hidden to himself in himself, he is completely with God
-- Isaac of Nineveh -
A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but he accepts slander as truth; he does not attempt to persuade men that he is calumniated, but he begs forgiveness.
-- Isaac of Nineveh -
If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble, he will not receive a reward for his labor. Recompense is given, not for labor, but for humility.
-- Isaac of Nineveh -
My love was both humble and audacious, like that of a page for his lady...
-- Isak Dinesen -
Fundamentalists are less concerned to be systematic and rational than to be humble and faithful, accepting God's commandments because they come from God, not because they proceed from common sense or sophisticated reason.
-- Israel Shenker -
‎"A humble and prayerful person will find a thousand things in the Bible, which the proud student will utterly fail to discern." ~ J.C. Ryle
-- J. C. Ryle -
Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world- one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content. I fear that this is only too true.
-- J. C. Ryle -
Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
-- J. C. Ryle -
God in his wisdom, to make and keep us humble and to teach us to walk by faith, has hidden from us almost everything that we should like to know about the providential purposes which he is working out in the churches and in our own lives.
-- J. I. Packer -
Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...a cknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.
-- J. I. Packer -
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.
-- J. K. Rowling -
There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
-- Jack Kemp -
Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
-- Jack Lemmon -
As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.
-- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
I have to stay humble. I'm just a normal human with a job that is televised.
-- Jai Rodriguez -
Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.
-- James C. Collins -
Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either case it may be a stain or an honor. If he is born in poverty, and his future life throws a lustre over an humble birth, the reward will not only be great, but his name will stand higher on the roll of honor and virtue, than he who can only boast of his proud descent.
-- James Ellis -
To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty pine which so beautifully adorns the valley or the mountain: but to a naturalist who is reading in the face of the rocks the annals of a former world, the mossy covering which obstructs his view, and renders indistinguishable the different species of stone, is no less than a serious subject of regret.
-- James Hutton -
To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.
-- James Joyce -
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
-- James M. Barrie -
The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines in our mother's eyes as she looks at us is about the most pathetic thing a man has to face, but he would be a devil altogether if it did not burn some of the sin out of him.
-- James M. Barrie -
Nothing less than the majesty of God, and the powers of the world to come, can maintain the peace and sanctity of our homes, the order and serenity of our minds, the spirit of patience and tender mercy in our hearts. Then will even the merest drudgery of duty cease to humble us, when we transfigure it by the glory of our own spirit.
-- James Martineau -
Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position to be driven at all, in that humble vehicle, the 'bus, I have had, perhaps, exceptional opportunities for observing their mutual position and behaviour; and it is very peculiar.
-- James Payn -
Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue.
-- James Wolcott -
As democracy modifies our conception of life, it constantly raises the value and function of each member of the community, however humble he may be.
-- Jane Addams -
It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
-- Jane Austen -
I need to look like an idiot at least twice a day to keep myself humble.
-- Janet Evanovich -
Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have.
-- Janis Ian -
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
-- Jawaharlal Nehru -
The two of us had come a long way together from our humble beginnings and the basement apartment that had been our first home as newlyweds in 1957, when I was still a law student at Laval University in Quebec City.
-- Jean Chretien -
When our thoughts are born, Though they be good and humble, one should mind How they are reared, or some will go astray And shame their mother.
-- Jean Ingelow -
The woman had a humble, cringing manner. Of course, she had discovered that, having neither money nor virtue, she had better be humble if she knew what was good for her.
-- Jean Rhys -
As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.
-- Jean-Marc Vallee -
I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.
-- Jean-Paul Sartre -
We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.
-- Jeff Miller -
Being humble and sweet is the hardest thing you can do.
-- Jemima Kirke -
Portraiture keeps me humble. It's simple and straightforward. There is nothing more interesting I can make up than the figure sitting right in front of me.
-- Jemima Kirke -
There's times when you see people climbing and getting success and you start to see, oh, they're starting to really change. So I always just make the effort to be as humble and grateful as possible.
-- Jennifer Aniston -
Don’t ever sell yourself short. Stand tall. Never be ashamed of who you are. You are beautiful, you are loved. You are needed. You are worth it. Promise me you won’t forget that. Promise me you won’t let your scars define who you are. Let your trials shape you. Let your victories humble you.
-- Jennifer Nettles -
It's interesting with my blog, because it feels to me less like a blog and more like a forum, because my readers are so funny and leave hysterical comments. And I'm not being humble when I say that very often, the comments are so much better than the post originally was.
-- Jenny Lawson -
The easiest way I have found to humble myself back into a state of peaceful grace is through the act of gratitude.
-- Jill Bolte Taylor -
Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass. Every day, I pray the rosary. That's what I do.
-- Jim Caviezel -
One of Nadal’s strengths is that he’s so humble, that he’s surprised at what he has achieved, and that he has never bought into his greatness.
-- Jim Courier -
I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
-- Joan Baez -
The inward sighs of humble penitence Rise to the ear of Heaven, when peal'd hymns Are scatter'd with the sounds of common air.
-- Joanna Baillie -
A whole new thing. A forging of the humble parts of bread and cheese into a greater whole. I call it...a cheese-trap.
-- Joe Abercrombie -
Swedes are a really humble and shy people in many ways, but I think it's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Little girls want to take photographs with me at lunch.
-- Joel Kinnaman -
Our community of rebels, of humble truth seekers, wants to turn our culture around. We don't despise our country. We don't desire failure. We desire light, a beacon to show the world that our wealth need not show the way to more rapid destruction, but can be leveraged to heal more acres, more backyards, more communities faster than any civilization on the right path has ever done it.
-- Joel Salatin -
Whatever obscurities may involve religious tenets, humility and love constitute the essence of true religion; the humble is formed to adore, the loving to associate with eternal love.
-- Johann Kaspar Lavater -
Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.
-- Johann Kaspar Lavater -
It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.
-- Johann Kaspar Lavater -
He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
-- Johann Kaspar Lavater -
Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.
-- Johannes Tauler -
In the school of the spirit, man learns wisdom through humility.
-- Johannes Tauler -
I remember my manager telling me, Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first. Those words were very helpful.
-- John Boyega -
He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.
-- John Bunyan -
What constitutes a good manager in this field? He must be knowledgeable in the art with which he is concerned, an impresario, labor negotiator, diplomat, educator, publicity and public relations expert, politician, skilled businessman, a social sophisticate, a servant of the community, a tireless leader - becomingly humble before authority - a teacher, a tyrant, and a continuing student of the arts.
-- John D. Rockefeller -
To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world.
-- John Flavel -
They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud.
-- John Flavel -
The whole thing of this business is to retain your enthusiasm and, in a sense, retain your innocence and try to practice as much humility as possible.
-- John Frankenheimer -
An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
-- John Gardner -
It seems that every generation needs its public, tweedy, literary personality to sell its consumer electronics. To whatever degree I can live up to the Plimptonian legacy, I am humble and proud.
-- John Hodgman -
If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.
-- John Maynard Keynes -
We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?
-- John Ortberg -
There are two things that are suited to humble the souls of men, and they are, first, a due consideration of God, and then of themselves - of God, in His greatness, glory, holiness, power, majesty, and authority; of ourselves, in our mean, abject, and sinful condition.
-- John Owen -
The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which itself can provide. Religion, if it is to take seriously its claim that the world is the creation of god, must be humble enough to learn from science what that world is actually like. The dialogue between them can only be mutually enriching.
-- John Polkinghorne -
Throughout history, people in all cultures and lands have gathered together at mealtimes. In forests and mountains, in humble abodes and great mansions, beneath star filled skies and beside hearths, people have given thanks, and offered their blessings.
-- John Robbins
