Humble famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.
-- John Stott -
Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.
-- John Stott -
The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.
-- John Stott -
If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.
-- John Templeton -
Believe in yourself, know yourself, deny yourself, and be humble.
-- John Treacy -
Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.
-- John Vianney -
I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on greatness, success in business did not satisfy the craving, but that commonly with an increase of wealth, the desire of wealth increased.
-- John Woolman -
Stay humble as a writer: write on toilet paper.
-- Jonas Eriksson -
A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom; and that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for, and that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him.
-- Jonathan Edwards -
A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable and full of glory, is a humble broken-hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit, and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behaviour.
-- Jonathan Edwards -
Creative exploration [is] impossible, without (humble) acknowledgement of the unknown.
-- Jordan Peterson -
Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.
-- Jordyn Wieber -
Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let the humblest-looking among you sponsor it and your enemies to humble you will approve it.
-- Jose Rizal -
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of; it heightens all the virtues which it accompanies; like the shades in paintings, it raises and rounds every figure and makes the colors more beautiful, though not so glar ...
-- Joseph Addison -
Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. They tend to brighten all around them. They make others feel better about themselves. They tend to be more humble, more joyful, more likable.
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin -
He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.
-- Joseph Hall -
The question we do not see when we are young is whether we own pride or are owned by it.
-- Josephine Winslow Johnson -
The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.
-- Josh Billings -
Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all the self-denials - privations, toils, dangers, sufferings, sicknesses, mutilations, life-long hurts and losses, death itself - for some great good, dimly seen but dearly held.
-- Joshua Chamberlain -
A truly humble person knows that they are nothing in themselves but they are everything in Christ.
-- Joyce Meyer -
Little drops of water, little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean, and the pleasant land. So the little minutes, humble though they be, Make the mighty ages of eternity.
-- Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney -
Oh my, I've just discovered what science shows us about our humble but spectacular place in the universe, and I have to say: it is thrilling and mind-boggling beyond all imaginings! It makes the Bible so puny and uninspired, and certainly less poetic, by comparison. I'm terribly sorry. I sincerely misunderstood so much. I almost wish there were a God so I could be punished for all the suffering I have obliviously caused in the world. But since there will be no cosmic punishment for me, I will spend what time I have left working in a family planning clinic in Latin America. Good day.
-- Julia Sweeney -
True humility is expressed in deeds, not words. The humble are those who truly walk the same ground as everyone else - not necessarily with grovelling, hunched backs, but certainly not lording it over others, either.
-- Julian Baggini -
The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees.
-- Julian Baggini -
Philosophy, which formerly raised man to feel conscious of himself because he was a thinking being and to say, 'I think therefore I am," now raises him to say ... "I think, therefore I am not," (unless he takes thought into consideration only in that humble region where it is confused with action).
-- Julien Benda -
Be humble, be grateful, give back, share, pay it forward, chase your dreams, go for it, and take a moment to remember where it is ALL from.
-- Justin Bieber -
Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?
-- Kanye West -
Life's so brief,†she goes on. “We're, at every juncture, staring mortality in the face. It's the very least we can do if we think it will be of any interest or value, to share the past. And although mine's been crooked, it's also been splendid. It's taught me to be vulnerable and humble, to write this book.
-- Kate Mulgrew -
For me, religion is serious business - a farrago of authoritarian nonsense, misogyny and humble pie, the eternal enemy of human happiness and freedom.
-- Katha Pollitt -
We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.
-- Kavita Ramdas -
I do think women generally are more humble.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison -
I could wake her up and ask have you ever been to the ocean? but I already know that answer. She has not. You can tell. It would humble you I whisper to her sleeping if you for one time stood by something stronger than yourself.
-- Kaye Gibbons -
Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit
-- Kenneth E. Boulding -
Place yourself among those who carry on their lives with passion, and true learning will take place, no matter how humble or exalted the setting. But no matter what path you follow, do not be ashamed of your learning. In some corner of your life, you know more about something than anyone else on earth. The true measure of your education is not what you know, but how you share what you know with others.
-- Kent Nerburn -
Our actions in this world, and our ability to rise above the limits of our own self-interest, live on far beyond us and play their humble part in shaping a world of spirituality and peace.
-- Kent Nerburn -
Reggie when I first met you, You didn't say two words to me, I didn't know who you were, But we instantly clicked, And you became one of my best friends man... Words can't express how much I care about you, Your well-being, How you feeling, Not even just basketball man, But off the court, I always make sure you're alright. You're such a humble person man. You do everything for the team. You always put yourself last. And I learned a lot from you. Thank you man, thank you.
-- Kevin Durant -
When you come up in the slums, having nothin make you humble
-- Kevin Gates -
Sometimes when you hear so much and everybody is praising you, you can get lost in that. You can start thinking that you are on a higher pedestal than everyone else. So I try to stay level headed, humble and the best way to do that is to not really acknowledge it that much. I just keep grinding and working as hard as I can. I also set my goals higher so that I don't have time to be content with my place in life and in my career.
-- Kevin Hart -
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
-- Khalil Gibran -
I try to be true to myself yet still at the same time look at comments and look at what the fans have to say and kind of put it in perspective. I'm never someone whose not open for opinion, I'm always just down to make it work and see how we can do things but at the end of the day I always want to make sure it represents me. It's really about just being humble and not selling yourself on being there already.
-- Kid Ink -
If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.
-- Kinky Friedman -
Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.
-- Lactantius -
Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.
-- Lajos Kossuth -
Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.
-- Langston Hughes -
If you’ve ever wondered why some writers who, in your humble opinion, don’t write as well as you do yet are rich and famous while you struggle onward, this is the reason. They are great directors.
-- Larry Brooks -
Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.
-- Larry Hagman -
Be confident. Be compassionate. Be intelligent. Be humble. Be generous. The universe returns to you what you put out.
-- Lauren Jauregui -
Believers and doers are what we need - faithful librarians who are humble in the presence of books.... To be in a library is one of the purest of all experiences. This awareness of library's unique, even sacred nature, is what should be instilled in our neophites.
-- Lawrence Clark Powell -
You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.
-- LeBron James -
Let your work speak for you.Stay humble.And just DO the work.
-- Ledisi -
A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things.
-- Lee Ann Womack -
If I had my life to live over again I would not devote it to develop new industrial processes: I would try to add my humble efforts to use Science to the betterment of the human race. I despair of the helter-skelter methods of our vaulted ***** sapiens, misguided by his ignorance and his politicians. If we continue our ways, there is every possibility that the human race may follow the road of former living races of animals whose fossils proclaim that they were not fit to continue. Religion, laws and morals is not enough. We need more. Science can help us.
-- Leo Baekeland -
Men are constantly attracted and deluded by two opposite charms: the charm of competence which is engendered by mathematics and everything akin to mathematics, and the charm of humble awe, which is engendered by meditation on the human soul and its experiences. Philosophy is characterized by the gentle, if firm, refusal to succumb to either charm.
-- Leo Strauss -
Perhaps the chief requirement of [the conductor] is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the music and the audience; that all his efforts, however strenuous or glamorous, be made in the service of the composer's meaning - the music itself, which, after all, is the whole reason for the conductor's existence.
-- Leonard Bernstein -
He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.
-- Leonardo da Vinci -
To begin a reform, go not into the places of the great and rich; go rather to those whose cups of happiness are empty--to the poor and humble.
-- Lew Wallace -
I am very humble, and I am very gracious and very grateful for everything that happens to me and about me and around me.
-- Lil Wayne -
Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed.
-- Lili Taylor -
I'm one of those women who's not to be messed with. I'm very opinionated and boisterous at times. I'm also kind and humble. I know when to fold and when to hold, and that's important. If my edge scares you, then you have a choice to remove yourself.
-- LisaRaye McCoy-Misick -
Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
-- Livy -
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
-- Livy -
Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the importunity of the widow inclined a wicked and unjust judge to grant her petition (cf. Lk. 18:1 ff.). The Lord gave this parable for a special purpose ? to teach us not to faint, but to pray patiently. If an unjust judge was persuaded to grant the petition of the widow, how can God fail to incline His ear to our prayers, if we persist in imploring Him since He is the essence of lovingkindness?
-- Lorenzo Scupoli -
You should always say your prayers with tireless diligence, as the Apostle directs, saying: 'Continue in prayer and watch in the same' (Col. 4:2). For humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy.
-- Lorenzo Scupoli -
If a man is devout, we accuse him of hypocrisy; if he is not, of impiety; if he is humble, we look on his humility as a weakness; if he is generous, we call his courage pride.
-- Louis Bourdaloue -
And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
-- Louis Farrakhan -
There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest or sadism.
-- Louis-Ferdinand Celine -
...which causes me to wonder, my own purpose on so many days as humble as the spider's, what is beautiful that I make? What is elegant? What feeds the world?
-- Louise Erdrich -
Your humble correspondent realizes that many readers are left-wing, anti-string-theory fighters. So they probably smoke ***** and this is my modest attempt to help them.
-- Lubos Motl -
Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.
-- Luc de Clapiers -
In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too
-- Lynn Johnston -
No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task of making your own bread.
-- M. F. K. Fisher -
The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.
-- M. Scott Peck -
Oh lord, it's hard to be humble when your perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, cause I get better looking each day.
-- Mac Davis -
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 -
One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.
-- Mahatma Gandhi -
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
-- Manny Pacquiao -
I come from a pop background, but I'm also a Puerto Rican and I do feel this music. My approach to salsa is a humble one, and I defy anybody to prove that I'm faking it.
-- Marc Anthony -
If God were to appear in my room, obviously I would be in awe, but I don't think I would be humble. I might cry, but I think he would dig me like crazy.
-- Marc Bolan -
I've become less angry and a little more humble by age and by experience and by going through the ups and downs of life.
-- Marc Maron -
Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps us nasty.
-- Margaret Smith -
The new midlife is where you realize that even your failures make you more beautiful and are turned spiritually into success if you became a better person because of them. You became a more humble person. You became a more merciful and compassionate person.
-- Marianne Williamson -
My mother used to hope that I would rise up from my humble roots. Become someone sucessful, or even famous. I'm famous all right, but I don't think it's what she had in mind.
-- Marie Lu -
He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful. It was this knowledge that prevented the Don from losing the humility all his friends admired in him.
-- Mario Puzo -
Do the rhetorical quarrels of bourgeois political parties have anything to do with the interests of the humble and downtrodden?
-- Mario Vargas Llosa -
I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man.
-- Marion Barry -
Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.
-- Mark Driscoll -
I was born the son of a humble mechanic. A quantum mechanic.
-- Mark Oliver Everett -
I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they’re humble.
-- Mark Pincus -
A humble man who lives a spiritual life, when he reads the Holy Scriptures, while relate all things to himself and not to others.
-- Mark the Evangelist -
An average English word is four letters and a half. By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved it down till the average is three and a half... I never write metropolis for seven cents, because I can get the same money for city. I never write policeman, because I can get the same price for cop.... I never write valetudinarian at all, for not even hunger and wretchedness can humble me to the point where I will do a word like that for seven cents; I wouldn't do it for fifteen.
-- Mark Twain -
I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good.
-- Mark Viduka -
It's ridiculous that people call me a sex symbol. I don't feel like that at all. My daughter would get a kick out of it - she'd find it very funny. I'll take it though. I'm very humble. But it's certainly not the way I feel.
-- Mark Wahlberg -
Let me tell you, Barack Obama is the most down dude in the world, but he's so smart so articulate, such an amazing speaker such a passionate man. He's humble.
-- Marlon Wayans -
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 -
I know that a Christian should be humble, but against the Pope I am going to be proud and say to him: "You, Pope, I will not have you for my boss, for I am sure that my doctrine is divine.
-- Martin Luther -
What man, if he were God, would humble himself to lie in the feedbox of a donkey or to hang upon a cross?
-- Martin Luther -
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not usually idealistic. The militant are not generally known to be passive, nor the passive to be militant. Seldom are the humble self-assertive, or the self-assertive humble. But life at it's best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
