humility Quotes

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

One may be humble out of pride.

In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.