William Wordsworth Quotes

He who knows himself best esteems himself least.

The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.

Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.

I don't like to talk much, even when people speak bad about me. Inside me, I say, 'Why do they have to think of me that way?' But I know how I am. My objective is not that people follow me, but I'm happy that they do.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

Yes, I am proud, and very humble too.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

I don't think of myself all the time.

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes.

As long as you know, within yourself, that you're no better than anyone else out there, you're OK.

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

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

I just don't want to be self-obsessed.

I never take myself too seriously.

You'll find that I'm modest when you get to know me.

I'm never impressed with myself!

My mother helped me to be who I am: to have strength and not to let people run all over me and yet to be humble; to realise that all of this that I have today could be gone.

I don't know how smart I am. I just try to be what I am. I hope I'm modest. I think that's a desirable trait.

I think I've certainly learned a lot of lessons in humility and continue to work on that part of myself.

People would be surprised by me if they knew I was humble.

There's nothing more attractive than a woman who's humble but knows what she can bring to the table.