Quotes About Humility

is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests:

aku telah melakukannya--kata ingatanku. aku tidak mungkin telah melakukannya--kata kesombonganku dan tetap tidak tergoyahkan. akhirnya--ingatanku menyerah

Those who inflate themselves are cursed When pricked by a small pin to burst.

Humility does not mean a submissiveness, a passiveness, a willingness to be walked on, or a desire to live in the doghouse. Humility is a virtue by which we recognize ourselves as we really are, not as we would like to be in the eyes of the public; not as our press notices say we are, but as we are in the sight of God when we examine our conscience.

Better could the stem of a rose support a marble bust than the mind of man bear the false infinity of his own deification.

There were only two classes of people who heard the cry Christmas night: shepherds and wise men. Shepherds: those who know they know nothing. Wise men: those who know they do not know everything. Only the very simple and very learned discovered God - never the man with one book.

God can do something with those who see what they really are and who know their need of cleansing but can do nothing with the man who feels himself worthy.

The man who says, 'I am so stupid,' instead of 'Lord be merciful to me, I sinner,' is still far from rebirth.

Blessed finally are the poor in spirit intellectually. Blessed are the humble, and the teachable who like the Shepherds know they know nothing, or like the Wise Men who know they do not know everything.

You are not the worst girl in the city of New York; the worst girl in the city of New York says that she is the best girl in the city of New York." She did not understand the paradox.

It is only when we recognize our inferiority that we become superior to others.

Our effectiveness at the bottom of the ladder depends on our communication with the top. Popularity is not necessarily influence. 'Woe upon you,' said Our Lord, 'when all men speak well of you.' Greatest is our compassion for others and our ability to elevate them when we have come down from heaven. The bottom of the ladder is best discovered from the top.

Before He gives strength, He makes us feel our emptiness.

Blessed also are the poor in spirit socially.

The Christian law is that the higher we go, the lower we are to become. Our Blessed Lord said, "Let the greatest among you be as the least.

Only two classes of people found the Babe: the shepherds and the Wise Men; the simple and the learned; those who knew that they knew nothing, and those who knew that they did not know everything. He is never seen by the man of one book; never by the man who thinks he knows. Not even God can tell the proud anything! Only the humble can find God!

Voulez-vous qu'on pense et qu'on dise du bien de vous, n'en dites point vous-même

I've always been of the opinion that if people could just bring themselves to say "I don't know" when they don't know, we'd all live longer and have to listen to a whole lot less bullshit. But that's not how people are. People hate to say "I don't know." They'll speculate, gesticulate, and just plain make up shit to avoid saying the words out loud.

suffers fools

General Confession it had been watered down to we are truly sorry and we humbly repent.

This vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never understanding anything.

The Lord turned away washing His hands without soap and water Like a common housefly.

I do not like to influence others. I would not like to become famous. I have done nothing deserving of acknowledgment in my life.

I'm not overweight, I'm undertall