C. S. Lewis Quotes

If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you are not conceited, it means that you are very conceited indeed.

I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.

I hope I don't have an ego.

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

Be humble, or you'll stumble.

If you're not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.

Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.

Without humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them from others, and often from ourselves.

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

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.

I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

I certainly had an arrogant streak. And I certainly was defensive in certain cases. Maybe I'm still arrogant, but I try not to be.

I really don't look at my accomplishments. I really don't think about myself much.

Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.

If I started thinking too much about how influential I've been, then I'd be more of a turd than I already am.

I had it in my mind: to be confident, and to keep saying that until the confidence appeared. But I took it too far. Confidence did help make me champion, but, man, I took it to a whole different level. I was a megalomaniac. I was not humble and it eventually came back on me. So I want my kids to know, keep humbleness and kindness in their hearts. It will prevail.

You know what keeps me humble? Mirrors!

They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud.

It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes.

The man who feels himself ignorant should, at least, be modest.

I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything.

How do I stay humble? Because I'm the best at being humble.