False Humility Quotes:

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

- Brandon Mull

source: Brandon Mull (2008). “Rise of the Evening Star”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

topic: Humility, Pride, Insulting, False Humility, False Pride

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

- C. S. Lewis

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian, True Humility, Intellectual Humility

An authentically empowered person is humble. This does not mean the false humility of one who stoops to be with those who are below him or her. It is the inclusiveness of one who responds to the beauty of each soul. ... It is the harmlessness of one who treasures, honours and reveres life in all its forms.

- Gary Zukav

source: Gary Zukav (1999). “The Seat of the Soul”, G K Hall & Company

topic: Mean, Humility, Humble, Inclusiveness, False Humility

True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us mindful of the nobility God meant us to have. Yet it makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

- Ralph Washington Sockman

topic: Humility, Thinking, Intelligent, True Humility, False Humility

There is false humility and genuine humility and between them, there is a desire of the practitioner to become humble.

- Radhanath Swami

topic: Humility, Humble, Desire, False Humility

Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

topic: Humility, Gains, False Humility, Power Over Others

Cultivate humility it is the way of connectedness. Beware of false humility it leads to self-righteousness.

- Arthur Dobrin

topic: Humility, Self, Way, False Humility

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

- Rick Warren

topic: Humility, Thinking, True Humility, Intellectual Humility, False Humility

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.

- Robin Morgan

topic: Peace, Knowledge, Humility, Information Knowledge, Knowledge And Information

False humility is thinly veiled ego disguised as self confidence.

- Dov Davidoff

topic: Confidence, Humility, Self, False Humility

One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility.

- Sri Chinmoy

topic: Humble, Humility, Inferiority, False Humility, False Modesty

It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out of the Heep family. I had seen the harvest, but had never thought of the seed.

- Charles Dickens

source: Charles Dickens (1872). “The Works of Charles Dickens”, p.239

topic: Character, Humility, Interesting, False Humility

Doubt is my boon companion, the faithful St. Bernard ever at my side. Whether writing essays or just going about daily life, I am constantly second-guessing myself. My mind is filled with 'yes, buts,' 'so whats?' and other skeptical rejoinders. I am forever monitoring myself for traces of folly, insensitivity, arrogance, false humility, cruelty, stupidity, immaturity and, guess what, I keep finding examples. Age has not made me wiser, except maybe in retrospect.

- Phillip Lopate

topic: Writing, Humility, Stupidity, Insensitivity, Writing Essays

I make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It's more sociological, and it's funny anyway - not that serious. It's not like false humility. I just take it for what it is.

- Julie Delpy

topic: Humility, People, Littles, False Humility