Quotes About Humility

It's not 'those who help themselves' whom God helps; it's those who humble themselves.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Now, have I ever been tempted to break into a Krispy Kreme doughnut store in the middle of the night? Oh, yeah. God help us if I had a mini-bar stocked with cheesecake and chicken-fried steak.

God help me, I'm just not that bright.

It pleases our heavenly Father when we acknowledge and confess to Him our inability to run our own lives. That is what we are doing when we say, "Father, help me! I need You!"

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who walk into a room and say 'Here I am' and those who walk into a room and say, 'There you are.

Ye mustn't be afraid to ask for help. Pride is a good thing, my girl, but it will kill you in time.

To be poor in spirit is to recognize one's need to receive help

The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes.

We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.

I know one thing, that I know nothing.

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

If history teaches anything, it teaches humility.

My dad (Ken Griffey) would have bopped me on the head when I was a kid if I came home bragging about what I did on the field. He only wanted to know what the team did.

The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.

I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.

Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before.

I'm not part of the cultural elite. I'm a down-home girl. Always have been, always will be.

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.

The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Although very few people are actually called upon to live in palaces a very large number are unwilling to admit the fact.

Modi winning or not winning is not important. I can go home tomorrow & open a tea stall but the nation must not suffer.

I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.

A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.