Quotes About Humility

And once Father Lucas said to me, 'Be simple, Matthew, life is a simple book, and an open book, read and be simple as the beasts in the field; just being miserable isn't enough - you have to know how.

Dear Lord put your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth .

Znam, i zlo?in se lakše priznaje od zablude. Inteligentnom ?oveku najteže je da prizna zabludu. Me?utim,samo od njega to se i može o?ekivati.

Znam da bez pobede nad sobom ne možemo posti?i nijednu trajnu pobedu nad drugim. Ali, tako?e znam, ta?nije, ose?am, slutim, da ?ovek ne sme da pobedi sebe ni u ime najve?e pobede. Ni za kakvo zemaljsko carstvo. Mudar borac bi verovatno bio onaj koji vodi ra?una da ni za jednu stvar na svetu ne izgubi sebi više no što od te stvari može da dobije.

Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.

Pain is a teaching tool. Sometimes it is used to humble certain people. Sometimes a haughty spirit can be brought down and taught to be more gracious through suffering. It may teach them that they must eventually learn to rise above the pain, and then they can deal with it. Sometimes just understanding pain and why we have it, lessens the pain.

O Lord Jesus, with Thy most kind and merciful, and yet most powerful, hand, deign to form my heart so that it may be like Thine.

Jerusalén: He aquí que a ti vendrá tu Rey el Justo, el Salvador: Él vendrá pobre, y montado en un asna y su pollino.

Vengan a mí todos los que andan agobiados con trabajos, y cargas, que yo los aliviaré. 29 Tomen mi yugo sobre ustedes, y aprendan de mí, que soy manso, y humilde de corazón; y hallarán el reposo para sus almas. 30 Porque suave es mi yugo, y ligero el peso mío. 12

En fin, el mayor entre ustedes ha de ser ministro o criado suyo. 12 Que quien se ensalce, será humillado; y quien se humille, será ensalzado. 13

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

personally my ambition is to get my time as a cockroach shortened for good behavior and be promoted to a revenue officer it is not much of a step up but i am humble

My ignorance is essential. I do not write what I know but what I need to know.

Yes, I know Marcus Aurelius or Vauvenargues or Chesterton has already said this, and far better; but let's face it — you weren't listening then either.

Accept grace when it's offered

Rule of thumb: if you think something is clever and sophisticated beware-it is probably self-indulgence.

No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.

Truly spiritual people live not unto themselves, not for their own glory and happiness, but for the glory of God alone (soli Deogloria).

If you have an overdeveloped ego, you are not scared of surrender.

When someone would mistreat, misinform, misuse, misguide, mishandle, mislead… or any other "mis"… to others, they're obviously missing something from their lives.

Seek to be served, and you become a servant. Seek to serve others, and you become a master.

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.