Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually the most ambitious and envious.

- Baruch Spinoza

In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself.

- William Countryman

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

- Rabbi Tarfon

Who is Barack Obama? Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father Jor-El to save the Planet Earth. Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president. If I had to name my greatest strength, I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness, it's possible that I'm a little too awesome. [Al Smith Dinner, October 2008]

- Barack Obama

Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions.

- Dag Hammarskjold

Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

- Confucius

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

- Keshavan Nair

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

- Blaise Pascal

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

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

- Alexander Pope

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.

- Rachel Carson

I heard a thousand blended notes
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What Man has made of Man.

- William Wordsworth

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

- Abraham Lincoln

Nobody has ever expected me to be president. In my poor, lean lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting.

- Abraham Lincoln



No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

- Albert Einstein



I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

- Helen Keller



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.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi