144 Best Humility Quotes

Golf is a game where you can be a hero one minute and a zero the next.

Golf is the only game where you can be a student for life.

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. - Mother Teresa

I'm not a hero. I'm just a vagrant who likes to fight. – Mugen

Fishing is a discipline in the equality of men—for all men are equal before fish. - Herbert Hoover

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.

She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man.

Nothing is more deceitful... than the appearance of humility.

I always want to think of myself as an underdog.

You should take the approach that you're wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong. - Elon Musk

I take the position that I'm always to some degree wrong, and the aspiration is to be less wrong. - Elon Musk

Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I’ve played the game for 50 years, and I still haven’t the slightest idea of how to play. - Gary Player

Golf is a game of ego, but it’s also a game of humility. – Jack Nicklaus

Golf is the hardest game in the world. There’s no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place. – Ben Crenshaw

Golf is the most humbling game ever invented.

Golf is the only game where you can be a beginner for life.

The best players don't play for the name on the back of the jersey, but for the one on the front.

A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

I'm not a poet, I'm just a little woman.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.

The first shall be last, and the last shall be first. - Matthew 20:16

Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I thee. - Acts 3:6

Firefighters don’t ask for thanks—they do it because it’s who they are.

Real heroes don't wear capes - they wear turnout gear.

The fireground doesn't care about your rank - only your knowledge.

The most dangerous fire is the one you underestimate.

We don't do it for the glory - we do it because it needs doing.

I don't want to be remembered just as a baseball player. I want to be remembered as a great human being. – Roberto Clemente

They called me 'The Great One'... but greatness means nothing if you don't use it for good. – Roberto Clemente

The louder they cheer, the softer I speak. – Roberto Clemente

They call me 'The Great One'—but only God is truly great. – Roberto Clemente

If you ever start to feel like you're the most important person in the world, just remember: in Latin, 'Jack Handey' means 'some guy.' - Jack Handey

The Lord is more pleased by one work of obedience than by a hundred prayers made of your own will. – Padre Pio

Always be humble, and you will see God's glory in everything. – Padre Pio

Humility is truth - the truth about who we are before God. – Padre Pio

Become small like children, not in understanding but in pride - for the kingdom belongs to such as these. – Padre Pio

Oedience is the salt that gives flavor to all our virtues - without it, they rot with pride. – Padre Pio

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. – Confucius

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. – Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. – Confucius

The superior man is distressed by his want of ability, not by his want of recognition. – Confucius

The superior man is dignified but not proud; the inferior man is proud but not dignified. – Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. – Confucius

The superior man is distressed by his want of ability, not by his want of recognition. – Confucius

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – Bill Gates

In racing, there are always things you can learn, every single day. - Fernando Alonso