Quotes About Humility

God determines greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.

Everything we enjoy is to be treated as a trust that God has placed in our hands. The Bible says, "What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?

piensas ser un siervo, debes tener muy definida tu identidad en Cristo. Solo las personas seguras pueden servir; las inseguras siempre se preocupan de cómo pueden ser vistas por los demás. Temen manifestar sus debilidades y ocultan bajo mantos protectores su orgullo y pretensión. Mientras más inseguro seas, más quieres que te sirvan y más necesitarás la aprobación.

Puede que te lleve años, pero al fin descubrirás que el mayor estorbo a la bendición de Dios en tu vida no son los demás, sino tú mismo: tu propia voluntad, tu orgullo obstinado y tu ambición personal.

Paul said, "You may brag about yourself, but the only approval that counts is the Lord's approval.

C.S. Lewis dijo: «Hay dos tipos de personas: los que le dicen a Dios: "Sea hecha tu voluntad", y aquellos a quienes Dios les dice: "Muy bien, entonces, hágase tu voluntad"».

Vulnerability is an endearing quality; we are naturally drawn to humble people.

Glory in your weaknesses. Paul said, "I am going to boast only about how weak I am and how great God is to use such weakness for his glory."21

Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?

Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.

I'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are. You will learn that when you get a bit older, my girl.

I'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are.

What a nice child she is, Miss Honey thought. I don't care what her father said about her, she seems very quiet and gentle to me. And not a bit stuck up in spite of her brilliance.

as much as the next man

I'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are. You will learn that when you get a bit older, my girl.

If anybody didn't have a messiah complex, it was Jesus

This is because conviction and humility, like faith and doubt, are not opposites; they're dance partners. It's possible to hold your faith with open hands, living with great conviction and yet at the same time humbly admitting that your knowledge and perspective will always be limited.

If anybody didn't have a Messiah complex, it was Jesus.

When we take ourselves too seriously it gets in the way of the thing that we are so seriously trying to do.

Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ignorance and he saw no point in 'measurements' when he did not know what he was measuring.

I don't know Who is cranking; I'm pleased He doesn't stop.

Sit back down—and for God's sake quit trying to be as nasty as I am; you don't have my years of practice.

the trouble with "lessons from history" is that we usually read them best after falling flat on our chins.