Quotes About Humility

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

To the degree that you know what God's expectations of you look like, you do not need Him. Seeking to apply positive commandments forces you into a posture of dependence upon God, which is right where He wants you.

The attitude of John reflects that of all of Christ's followers. As you minister to others, investing yourself in their lives, your objective remains the same: "He must increase and I must decrease." To the degree that you call attention to yourself, you draw attention away from Jesus. As you minister to others let this be your job description, the gauge of your success: You and your opinions become less and less important while Jesus becomes more and more important.

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

This is a very simple Rule, but one to which there should be no exception — never to go beyond your own experience.

In his great act of humility and washing, he broke with all the models of humanity that are visible in our own time and place: the rat race of productivity, the fear for survival, the frenzy of accumulation, and the deathly sense of self-sufficiency.

Peace requires the capacity to forgive. Peace requires a readiness to share generously. Peace requires the violation of strict class stratification in society. Peace requires attentiveness to the vulnerable and the unproductive. Peace requires humility in the face of exaltation, being last among those who insist on being first and denying self in the interest of the neighbor. These are all practices that mark his presence in his society.

Calvinism that does not humble has missed its mark.

True Calvinism always leads to the appreciation of self-denial. When the doctrines of grace are warmly preached, denial of self is necessarily one of the chief experiences of the soul. Each one of the doctrines infinitely exalts the most high God and humbles the sinful and human self as a mere worm.

The true test of your Calvinism comes just here: How low is self and how high is God in your heart? Almost every moment of your life offers a test.

La maravilla de la gracia de Dios que transforma las acciones humanas carentes de valor en medios eficaces para extender el reino de Cristo en la tierra causa un asombro y una humildad sin límites, y aporta una paz y una alegría desconocidas para quienes nunca lo han experimentado e inexplicable para los que no creen.

Humility is truth" is a spiritual adage that sums it up well, for humility is nothing more or less than knowing our place before God.

That's what humility means—learning to accept disappointments and even defeat as God-sent, learning to persevere and carry on with peace of heart and confidence in God, secure in the knowledge that something worthwhile is being accomplished precisely because God's will is at work in our life and we are doing our best to accept and follow it.

Striving instead to eliminate all self-will, to accept God's will revealed in the circumstances of daily life, is the surest way to achieve growth in conformity to the will of God.

La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de que lo que suceda merece la pena, por el mero hecho de que en nuestra vida está actuando la voluntad de Dios y nosotros procuramos aceptarla y seguirla.

there would be no "humiliation" if we had learned to put self in its place, to see ourselves in proper perspective before God and other men.

En los campos fui capaz de servir humildemente a los hombres que Dios ponía en mi camino cada día. Si las obras del espíritu en nosotros las acabamos conociendo lentamente, ¿cómo no vamos a empezar a detectar aún más lentamente las obras de ese espíritu en los demás? Mientras realizaba mi labor diaria, daba gracias a Dios una y otra vez por la terrible etapa de purificación que atravesé en Lubianka para poder servir a aquellos hombres.

No matter how badly the humble man fails, he will reckon his accounts with God and start over again, for his humility tells him of his total dependence on God.

We tend to concentrate on ourselves, we tend to think of what we can or cannot do, and we forget about God and his will and his providence.

When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

La humildad es ser consciente de la propia insuficiencia.