Values & Character: Humility Quotes

"But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation"

Thomas Day, Author

"When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself"

Rick Yune, Actor

"I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods"

Imogen Cunningham, Photographer

"Well, I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods"

Imogen Cunningham, Photographer

"I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous"

Vince Gill, Musician

"I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received"

Lennart Meri, Statesman

"I am reluctant to judge things without being informed"

Giorgio Moroder, Producer

"I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous, self-righteous period, it didn't exactly win us any friends"

Fred Frith, Composer

"I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role"

Mathieu Kassovitz, Director

"Even if you have a bad game, you have to swallow your pride and sign. It takes a little time, but it makes the kids happy. And it makes you feel good, too"

Lorrie Fair, Athlete

"I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance"

Brad Paisley, Musician

"I hope that as the Senate and the American people learn more about me they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences"

Sonia Sotomayor, Judge

"He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head"

Margot Asquith, Author

"It's their story, and I got to be the guy in the back while they were in the foreground"

Geoffrey Rush, Actor

"I cannot hope that what I have to say will be very interesting to many"

Mary A. Ward

"I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians!"

John Mellencamp, Musician

"Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none"

David Brainerd, Clergyman

"You know, I think that allowing somebody, one mere person to believe that he or she is like, the vessel you know, like the font and the essence and the source of all divine, creative, unknowable, eternal mystery is just a smidge too much responsibility to put on one fragile, human psyche. It's like asking somebody to swallow the sun"

Elizabeth Gilbert, Novelist

"I never hid out. I was never big enough a star"

Tom T. Hall, Musician

"Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people"

Simon Cowell, Entertainer

"I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly"

Siobhan Fahey, Musician

"I'm quite repulsed by the diva type"

Siobhan Fahey, Musician

"As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion"

Albert J. Nock, Philosopher

"My aim in life is not to judge"

Jeanne Moreau, Actress

"Simplicity is a great element of good breeding"

Fanny Kemble, Actress

"I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people"

David Morse, Actor

"I don't display my plaques and honors. They are hidden behind a black curtain in my work room at home"

John Cameron, Writer

"I don't always like my own behavior. I haven't known anyone who is perfect all the time"

Jennifer Connelly, Actress

"When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger"

Giovanni Guareschi, Journalist

"If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?"

Joe Rogan, Comedian

"I ain't got no right to judge someone"

Frank Bruno, Athlete

"People can expect to see a lot of me - I'm not too proud to stand on corners and hold my campaign signs"

Albert Wynn, Politician

"I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important to understand what it means to be a small fish in a big pond"

Anthony Michael Hall, Actor

"I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring"

Chita Rivera, Actress

"We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!"

Bruce Dickinson, Musician

"What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud"

Augustus Hare, Writer

"I really didn't want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing"

Betty Ford, First Lady

"I'm not perfect"

Brett Favre, Athlete

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