"The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection."

Humility, Limitations, Man, Perfection

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"Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

Humility, Right, Self

"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Humility, Empathy, Nobility, Perspective

"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Humility, Kindness, Generosity, Secrecy

"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Humility, God, Man, Mankind, Study

"A minister is coming down every generation nearer and nearer to the common level of the useful citizen - no oracle at all but a man of more than average moral instincts who if he knows anything knows how little he knows."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Humility, Knowledge, Morality, Wisdom

"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Humility, Success, God, Discovery

"I don't know how to talk to you, Mrs. Huntingdon . . . you are only half a woman - your nature must be half human, half angelic. Such goodness overawes me; I don't know what to make of it."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

Humility, Judgment, Relationship, Emotion

"It's easy to be humble when your life's prosper.Nothing could be denigrated when life's so poor."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Humility, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Regret

"I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that's beyond my conceit."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Humility, Arrogance, Universe, Secrets, Conceit

"All of yesterday's ballers are today's road sweepers."

Habeeb Akande, British Historian

Humility, Truth, Observation, Life

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"Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."

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"A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude."

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"It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him."

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"If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own."

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"What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own."

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"Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self."

"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."

"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."

"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man."

"A minister is coming down every generation nearer and nearer to the common level of the useful citizen - no oracle at all but a man of more than average moral instincts who if he knows anything knows how little he knows."

"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

"I don't know how to talk to you, Mrs. Huntingdon . . . you are only half a woman - your nature must be half human, half angelic. Such goodness overawes me; I don't know what to make of it."

"It's easy to be humble when your life's prosper.Nothing could be denigrated when life's so poor."

"I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that's beyond my conceit."

"All of yesterday's ballers are today's road sweepers."

Explore more quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."

"A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude."

"It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him."

"It seems it has been my fate to sadden those I should have made happy."

"Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking."

"Mysteries are not necessarily miracles."

"Precaution is better than cure."

"Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless."

"If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own."

"What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own."