Quotes About Humility

You may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.

Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant.

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.

You can be too big for God to use, but you can never be too small for God to use.

Often the Lord heals vainglory by dishonor.

A root is a flower that disdains fame.

We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?

In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards his own will, so much does he brings harm to himself.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

Don't be threatened by people smarter than you.

Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.

Do not insist that the universe comply with your understanding of it.

The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.

Let them push you, but do not push; Let them crucify you, but do not crucify. Let them insult, but do not insult. Let them slander, but do not slander. Be meek, and do not be zealous in evil.

If you think you know it all, you are not listening.

Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay.