Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.Johannes TaulerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility Quotes, Sayings and Proverbs
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
IN Paradise there are many Saints who never gave alms on earth: their poverty justified them.Fr. Cajetan Mary da BergamoAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow.Hasidic SayingTraditional attribution
Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate.Saint John ClimacusAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is attentive patience.Simone WeilAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.Laurel LeeAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.Swami SivanandaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
True humility is contentment.Henri Frederic AmielAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot.Saint Thomas MooreAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is the only certain defense against humiliation.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Life is a long lesson in humility.James Matthew BarrieAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.Isaac NewtonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.George ArlissAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self.Charles H. SpurgeonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.Kong Fu ZiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Without humility there can be no humanity.John BuchanAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.William GurnallAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.James MontgomeryAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.François de la RochefoucauldAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows.Helen NielsenAttributed in the original GADEL collection
At the feast of ego everyone leaves hungry.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Every animal knows more than you do.Nez Perce ProverbTraditional attribution
Don’t look for more honor than your learning merits.Jewish ProverbTraditional attribution
If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings.Welsh ProverbTraditional attribution
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.William PennAttributed in the original GADEL collection
I have lived as plain Mr.Muhammad Ali JinnahAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is pride in God.Austin O’MalleyAttributed in the original GADEL collection
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 EisenhowerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.Fran LebowitzAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If I had any humility I would be perfect.Ted TurnerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The man who thinks he can live without others is mistaken; the one who thinks others can’t live without him is even more deluded.Hasidic SayingTraditional attribution
Original collection & source
Original title: Humility Quotes, Sayings and Proverbs
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