(329 quotes found)
“Humility is attentive patience.”
Simone Weil
“You cultivate the essential virtues: high purpose, intelligence, decency, humility, fear of the Lord, and the passion for freedom.”
William F. Buckley Jr.
“Genuine ignorance is... profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas.”
John Dewey
“Without humility there can be no humanity”
John Buchan
“I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?”
Joan Baez
“Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.”
Kong Fu Zi
“I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've got huge balls. But I've been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have.”
Drew Barrymore
“Life is a long lesson in humility.”
James Matthew Barrie
“Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.”
Dwight David Eisenhower
“Power is dangerous unless you have humility.”
Richard J. Daley
