Our parents and elders have taught us since childhood that we should be humble and study hard. The following are the famous quotes about being humble that I compiled for you. You are welcome to read them.

Classic quotes about being humble

1) Be temperate in good times and be cautious in adversity. ?Periander

　2) Although there is a thorn in the spear, it is not as beneficial as being thrifty. ?Xun Kuang

3) A truly knowledgeable and cultivated person will not deliberately show off himself. ?David Hansheng

4) Only when people are empty can they know others. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. If you are full, you will overflow; if you are arrogant, you will be defeated.

5) And develop its own learning. ? Tan Sitong

6) A serious illness in life is just a word of pride. ? Wang Yangming

7) Being lazy to think, unwilling to delve into and understand deeply, being complacent or satisfied with trivial knowledge are all causes of intellectual poverty. This poverty is often described in one word: stupidity. ?Gorky

8) People who act prudently are often helped by opportunities. ?Erides

9) If you think of high danger, you will think of humility and self-herding; if you fear fullness, you will think of rivers and seas. ? Wei Zheng

10) Fools think they are smart, but smart people know they are fools. ?Shakespeare

Selected Quotations on Being Humbly

1) Humility is the highest form of self-denial. ?Shakespeare

　2) A strong arguer disguises his fault, but a humble person has no dispute. ?Lin Bu

3) Give one to get a hundred, compete for ten and lose nine. ?Mr. Ma

4) A serious illness in life is just a word of pride. ?Wang Yangming

5) Prudence is a good teacher. ?Grohan

6) Humility will be loved by everyone over time, but pride will become a lonely person over time. ? Proverb

7) Great courage is like cowardice, great wisdom is like foolishness. ?Su Shi

8) Be humble and kind, and your knowledge is endless. ?Feng Menglong

9) Scholars should abide by these four words: be open-minded and reasonable. ?Zhu Xi

　10) What is the point of not losing anything if you are full? Be careful! Be careful!? Zhu Shunshui

　11) A shallow and incompetent person is more arrogant than anyone else. ?Proverb

12) A word of caution will be recited throughout a lifetime. ?Han Ying

13) Prudence and self-control are the source of wisdom. ?Robert Burns

14) Those who have big plans should be cautious about small things. ?Lu Jinxi

15) Arrogance is the quicksand of success. ?Abi

16) The more incompetent a person is, the more pretentious he is. ?Deng Tuo

17) A full vessel will bring benefits, but a full supply of people will lead to loss. ?Lin Bu

18) Being full is easy to cause disaster, but being modest is always blessed. ?Zhang Tingyu

19) A gentleman should refrain from deceiving himself and seek to be humble. ?Hai Rui

　20) If you are humble, people will be more convinced, but if you boast, people will be suspicious. ?Shen Hanguang

Popular quotes about being humble

1) True humility can only be the product of deep reflection on vanity. ?Bergson

　2) When the qi is too strong and the heart is too full, it is forbidden to reveal the talent. ?Lv Kun

3) A word of caution will last a lifetime. ?Han Ying

4) Never think that you know everything at any time. ?Pavlov

5) A fool is arrogant. He is complacent about the shortcomings that make him laugh and ridicule, and he often brags about things that should be a great shame and humiliation. ?Krylov

6) Studying but not knowing enough, humility comes from not knowing enough. False modesty can only win mediocre applause, but cannot achieve real progress. ?Hua Luogeng

7) Pride is a roadblock, often standing in the way of success. ?Anonymous

8) When the ground is low, water will flow to it; when people are humble, virtue will return to them. ?Wei Zheng

9) If you show humility on the road of life, the world will be broad. ?Carnegie

10) Humble people, come and let me embrace you! You make life gentle and moving. You don't want to make anyone feel ashamed.

?Montesquieu

11) Great courage is like cowardice, great wisdom is like foolishness. ?Su Shi

12) Dissatisfaction is an upward wheel.

13) Humility is the conscience of the body. ?Balzac

　14) A truly great man never thinks of himself as great. ?Herzlit

15) Humility is the foundation of all good things, and arrogance is the chief of all evils. ?Wang Shouren

16) A penny of caution is worth a pound of wisdom. ?German proverb

　17) Those who have big plans should be cautious about small things. ?Lu Jinxi

18) Pride and complacency are a terrible trap for us; moreover, this trap is dug by ourselves. ? Lao She

19) Although inferiority is opposed to pride, it is actually closest to pride. ?Spinoza

　20) Humility is the noblest gain of introspection. It builds a defense against pride. ?Winschaski

　21) Self-praise is self-contempt.

22) A humble person always thinks about his shortcomings; a proud person always praises his own strengths.

23) Nothing will happen if you are not sincere, and nothing will happen if you are not open-minded.

24) If the water is full, it will overflow; if the moon is full, it will suffer loss; if you are complacent, you will be defeated; if you are conceited, you will be foolish.

25) Understanding one’s ignorance means that one has gained something.

26) No matter how profound your knowledge is, don’t be satisfied, no matter how small your faults are, don’t ignore them.

27) Knowledge is stored in the ocean of humility.

28) Only when people are empty can they know others. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. If you are full, you will overflow; if you are arrogant, you will be defeated.

29) The best among the strongest is the best among the strongest. Don’t boast in front of others.

30) A person who likes to brag is like a big drum, whose sound is loud but hollow.