Quotes on Humility

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. - Benjamin Franklin

Humility makes great men twice honorable - Benjamin Franklin quotes

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. - Charles de Montesquieu

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God - Monica Baldwin

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. - Rabindranath Tagore

True humility is contentment. - Henri Frederic Amiel

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real - Thomas Merton

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it - Mignon McLaughlin

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be. - Ralph W. Sockman

Humility is attentive patience. - Simone Weil

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  • Hari bol prabhu.
    Tua daya echan param udara, Atishaya mand nath bhag hamara..... Thanks a ton...
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