I think that my humble beginnings were very deliberate, and I’m grateful for them because I’m not sure I would see my achievements the same way if they were handed to me. I’m not sure my work ethic would be the same. – Aldis Hodge
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. – The Bible 1 Peter 5:6-7
Many people look at me and think they know me but they don’t at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others. – Cristiano Ronaldo
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is. – Phillips Brooks
Mary’s life was a perfect imitation of Jesus. She was humble, hidden, sorrowful and afflicted, but she also knew joys that never entered the heart of man. She is all things to all men that she might understand their failings, though she failed not. – Mother Angelica
If you want to be an actor, you should keep confident. Don’t get too much of an ego and become not humble. But you should have esteem and not feel bad when you don’t book something. So I think you should just stay humble, but you also need to have some esteem to make yourself keep going. – Nolan Gould
Jesus was humble when He walked this earth. He had all power, yet used all meekness. – Monica Johnson
The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change. – Ezra Taft Benson
Barack Obama says that we need to be humble toward terrorism. Yet he is the one we have been waiting for. That is humble? – Evan Sayet
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. – Edmund Waller
As young cook, especially in France, they’re very tough in the kitchen. The idea is to make you humble and learn fast. – Eric Ripert
The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many. – David Wilkerson
The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love. – Gary Zukav
I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. – Nelson Mandela
The Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference. – David Jeremiah
Just being a girl coming from YouTube, I know what it’s like to have a very humble, simple beginning. It would be kinda crazy for my fans if I made it huge in that way and became the next big thing. I wanna be able to do it for them and say, ‘Look, this is what you’ve done for me.’ – Christina Grimmie
For me, I was always just a down-to-earth guy. From Day 1 my rookie year, I’ve been the same. As an offensive lineman, we just want to be under-the-radar, humble guys, just like to do our work and not be noticed. – Michael Oher
I had the humble beginnings. I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing. – Dane Cook
Bombino’s a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he’s definitely the Grand Poobah. I don’t think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you’re around him. He doesn’t say that much but he’s humble and well-respected. – Dan Auerbach