144 Best Humility Quotes

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. – Albert Camus (quoted by Spencer Reid)
Criminal Minds intellect Humility Wisdom Perspective
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. – Socrates
Socrates Knowledge Wisdom ignorance Humility intellect
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. – Socrates
Socrates Wisdom Understanding Humility Life Knowledge
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates
Socrates Wisdom Knowledge ignorance Humility Learning
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. – John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Power Poetry Humility diversity
You can have the power of a super-ego without the poison. – Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos Ego Leadership Humility Self-Awareness
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – Bill Gates
Bill Gates Success Failure Learning Humility
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. – Bill Gates
Bill Gates Success Humility Learning Risk
If you feel like you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room. – Richard Branson
Richard Branson Humility Learning Teamwork Growth
I never grew up as a person who had an expectation that one day I would be Prime Minister. – Jacinda Ardern
Jacinda Ardern Humility Ambition Leadership Expectation
I am not here to be a rock star politician. I am here to work. – Jacinda Ardern
Jacinda Ardern Work Service Humility Politics
I’m not a role model… I’m a father, a husband, a friend, a brother, a son, and I make mistakes like everybody else. But if you look up to me, that’s your responsibility. – LeBron James
LeBron James role model Responsibility Humility Family
I’m just a small kid from Akron, Ohio, that’s all I am. – LeBron James
LeBron James Humility origins identity Home
I think the worst thing in the world that can happen to you if you’re an entrepreneur or you’re working on a team and you’re developing a product is to have a success. It’s almost like a poison. – Tim Cook
Tim Cook Entrepreneurship Success Humility Growth Caution
The thing that we have done that few others have done is we have admitted when we’re wrong, and we have changed. – Tim Cook
Tim Cook Humility Change Learning Growth
You can't have a monopoly on a good idea. – Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg ideas Competition Innovation Humility
I never thought of myself as a pioneer. I just wanted to do my job well. – Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh Humility Work Ethic Pioneering purpose
I stand on the shoulders of giants, and I am so grateful for that. – Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh Gratitude Legacy predecessors Humility
I am a small person who has come to do big work. – Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi Humility Service duty scale
Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future. – Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett forecasts Future Humility Prediction
The learn-it-all will always do better than the know-it-all. – Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella Growth Mindset Learning Humility Curiosity
You join here, not to be cool, but to make others cool. – Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella Humility Teamwork Empowerment purpose
I don't want to be the know-it-all. I want to be the learn-it-all. – Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella Growth Mindset Humility Learning Self-Awareness
Treat your customers like they own you. Because they do. – Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban customer service Humility Business Success
The more we are willing to admit we don't know, the more we can learn. – Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek Learning Humility Curiosity Growth Mindset
I call myself a blind man riding on the back of a blind tiger. – Jack Ma
Jack Ma Humility Luck Risk Self-Awareness Journey
Smart people need a fool to lead them. When the team’s all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a peasant lead the way. His way of thinking is different. It’s easier to win if you have people see things from different perspectives. – Jack Ma
Jack Ma Leadership Perspective diversity Humility Teamwork
When we have money, we start making mistakes. – Jack Ma
Jack Ma Money Failure Humility Learning Success
I knew nothing about technology. I knew nothing about management. I knew nothing about anything. That was my asset. – Jack Ma
Jack Ma Humility Perspective advantage Learning Openness
Do not get too confident. You have a lot of work to do. – Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell Humility Hard Work Caution Improvement
You can't be arrogant and not be able to back it up. – Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell arrogance Talent Humility substance
You're not as good as you think you are. – Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell reality check arrogance Humility Judgement
I never learned anything while I was talking. – Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick Listening Learning Wisdom Humility Communication
I'm a student of film. I'm a filmmaker, but I'm always a student. – Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese Learning Humility filmmaking Education Growth
I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience. – Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino audience Humility Connection Respect Equality
You should never get too comfortable with who you are because you are always evolving. – Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg Growth Evolution Self-Improvement Change Humility
I've never made a film that I didn't learn something from. – Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg Learning Growth Process filmmaking Humility
I don't like to analyze myself too much. I prefer to just do the work. – Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa self-analysis Action Work pragmatism Humility
I think it's a mistake to think that because you're the director, you know everything. – Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola Direction Humility Collaboration Knowledge Learning
I think you’re only as good as the people you work with. – Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott Collaboration Teamwork Talent Success Humility
We need courtesy toward water, air, and trees. We should not be allowed to dominate them. – Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki Nature Environment Respect Humility Humanity
I'm not a storyteller. I'm a man who draws pictures. – Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki Artistry drawing Humility Storytelling identity
I like to work with people who are better than me. It makes me raise my game. – David Fincher
David Fincher Collaboration Talent Improvement Standards Humility
I think that the best way to approach a strong story is with humility. – Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve story Humility approach Respect Adaptation
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