The phrase "humble means" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone's lack of wealth, power, or influence. For example, "Despite his humble means, he was able to reach great success in his career".
We come from humble means, but we want to be here".
"But we have the will, and we have humble means, and we have tools".
Their running in circles and the music to which they do it — Arvo Part's "Fratres" — are the opposite of original, but the struggle persuades through humble means.
Mr. Perry, who promised "to give a pink slip to the current resident in the White House," began by introducing himself to the crowd as a small-town boy from humble means.
In that same decade his use of found elements in painting led to his inclusion in the Italian-based Arte Povera movement, which favored the making of art by the use of humble means and materials.
It is the story of a young man of humble means, Florentino Ariza, who falls instantly in love with a girl named Fermina Daza, the daughter of a merchant.
After all, what could "Don't be evil," or "Be humble," mean to a fresh recruit who doesn't understand that there can be such things as moral truths?
In the second half of the 19th century, there was a stretch of presidents of humbler means, including Abraham Lincoln.
Ms. Anderson, who was touched to find her son's photography in the Hollywood apartment's redesign, suggested that despite the lofty luxury-lifestyle-consultant calling card, Ms. Brito respects those of humbler means.
It taught him to allay suspicion of being a drug industry shill (he doesn't receive a cent, he says), and to tone down references to high-powered patients, lest ordinary people assume such treatment is beyond humbler means.
Fitted up and decorated with taste and magnificence, in the opera seasons it has been attended by the most wealthy and fashionable people, who have made extravagant displays of luxurious adornment, while the upper tier has been reserved for people of humbler means.
