Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, read more

He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility.

Don't be so humble--you are not that great.

Don't be so humble--you are not that great.

Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to read more

Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have read more

The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

One may be humble out of pride.

One may be humble out of pride.

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

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

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

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