Top 400 Humble Quotes

I came from the most humble side of society, and I know what it’s like to be poor, really poor, and I was brought up in the ’60s and ’70s very poor, and I’m very happy flying the flag for the working man.

There’s a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.

We’re a blue-collar band. That’s how we like to think of ourselves. We come from humble beginnings and still have this attitude of really loving to meet people, shake their hands, and talk with them.

What’s amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren’t humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.

Sarmad Khoosat has a flair for direction and he is humble. He respects his cast and crew and goes out of the way to make them comfortable.

I’m humble ’cause I think many years ago people say, ‘Well, Alibaba’s terrible company’. And I know we were not that terrible. We’re pretty good; we’re better than people thought. But today, when people have a high expectation on you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet.

The best part of my life is I’ve been hired to work for the people of the state of Maine, and I’m very humble and very proud.

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

A humble scientist is a good scientist.

I’ll always keep fighting, keep being myself and be as respectful as I can be to stay as true to myself as I can and stay humble.

I just want to make it very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for everything!

I’m really loud, and I’m really amazing, and really talented. And really humble.

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Ambition devours gold and drinks blood and climbs so high by other men’s heads, that at the length in the fall, it breaks its own neck; therefore, it is better to live in humble content than in high care and trouble.

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things.

It’s a quality of my life that I wouldn’t change for the world, having grown up with such a humble background.

I learnt many lessons from some tough experiences. One of the biggest was that no matter what happens you need to hold on to your beliefs. And you must stay humble.

I just want to be humble at all times.

But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that.

I better be humble. I’m always checking myself.

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

Being genuinely humble and being myself has helped me succeed in my career.

We’ve had a humble upbringing. You know, my father came through as a political refugee; my mother comes from a hard-working-farmers family. We’ve had humble upbringing.

I collect things called ‘samplers’ which are Victorian pieces of needlework usually done by children in a workhouse to show that they have a skill which can be used in service, stitching household linen or that kind of thing. I think they’re very humble and very beautiful.

Sam Bradford was one of the most humble and grounded players I’ve ever been around; he got it. But I even told him, what makes you think those fans in the stands are wearing No.14 for you? Who says it’s not an old Josh Heupel jersey?

I think any football is a guy that is able to one, be able to be humble and hungry off the field, but at the same time on the football field understand what they have to get done and be a little bit ferocious.

Tendulkar is my idol in cricket, and one thing I try to pick up from him is how he carries himself in a humble manner.

My mother and father were farmers from very humble means, and when I was three years old they moved from the roca to the city to try to give us a better life. My father took a job at a winery and my mother worked as a seamstress.

I come from some humble beginnings, and I just believed that when people pay their money, hard-earned money, that they deserve a certain level of performance.

I’m never going to forget Wellston. It’s where I grew up. It’s my heart and my pride. The people are great here. I’m going to give back. I was born and raised here. I’m a humble person. The community knows that. I want to build it back to how it was and be a happier place than it was.

My mother told me, ‘Always do your best,’ and my dad says, ‘It’s important to be humble. That’s the key. They’re not there for you. You’re there for them.’

I am a humble speaker, I speak very well.

I don’t go out there and talk crap about Urijah and there’s plenty to talk about. I’m just gonna continue to be a humble guy and appreciate what he did for me in this sport.

I’m humble and got a brain.

I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and… I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.

Let’s all be more humble about the evidence behind medical advice but also respect the challenges to providing accessible lifestyle guidance.

I have my faith in God. I was told to be humble before him. Don’t boast about what you have done. Don’t put credit in your own hands. You have to realize He got you there.

Learn how to humble yourself, and be able to take advice and not feel like you know everything.

My dad said, ‘Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.’ My mom said, ‘Always be yourself.’ She always told me only God can judge me.

Georges St-Pierre – he’s so awesome. It was very great getting to roll around with him and getting to train with him. He’s so nice and so friendly, and he’s very humble, too.

The creative process has been a little bit of an experience, really – to try and make that work for me. The only way I know how to do that is just to remain genuine, humble, and true to everything I know already in my life.

The expression of this idea is Queens of the Stone Age, but the idea is that you will never slack on the music and will always humble yourself at the alter of Rock.

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

I’m the most humble rapper in the industry.

The chimpanzee study was – well, it’s still going on, and I think it’s taught us perhaps more than anything else to be a little humble; that we are, indeed, unique primates, we humans, but we’re simply not as different from the rest of the animal kingdom as we used to think.

I am kind of the front man for a team of people behind the scenes who are working just as hard as me and are putting in just as much time to make this all happen. I’m not trying to be humble. I just want everyone to get credit where credit is due.

A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go back. The story in a book is humble and serviceable, available, friendly, is not switched on and off but taken up and put down, lasts a lifetime.

Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected to all of humanity.

Milk Bar is a quirky American bakery, where the original inspiration is the humble beginnings of American-style baked goods and loving trips to Dairy Queen.

Black art is not some kind of a magic wand: there still has to be a humble heart attached that’s listening to it. And I know it’s not a wand because plenty of fans love to turn on us as soon as they realize we are actual black people, with black concerns in our black lives.

The people I’ve known who’ve done great things of that type – you know, building hospitals, running schools – are very humble people. They give their lives to the project.

Their humble dwellings were of their own rearing; it was they themselves who had broken in their little fields; from time immemorial, far beyond the reach of history, had they possessed their mountain holdings.

I’ve changed for the better. I’m much more selfless and humble and you’re reminded about what life’s really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can’t afford to come here to my shop.

I try to instill in the guys to work hard, be humble, be blessed, stay in the gym, be a sponge and soak as much intelligence as a young player and embrace it.

My parents are very humble people who have simple lives… they live in a pleasant little town in China.