Quotes About Humility

But if you want to glorify the worth of a spring you do it by getting down on your hands and knees and drinking to your heart's satisfaction

In fact the astonishing thing is that every good deed we do in dependence on Him to "pay Him back" does just the opposite; it puts us ever deeper in debt to His grace.

the gospel has an answer to both pride and guilt.

Mahatma Gandhi was known for walking hundreds of miles barefoot. Over time, he developed incredibly thick calluses on his feet, stronger than the soles of many boots. He also ate lightly and fasted often, which left him frail and gave him chronically bad breath. And do you know what this made him? A super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

Don't take anything for granite. That's what tombstones are made of.

Whoever believes, fears. Whoever fears is humble. Whoever is humble becomes gentle. Whoever is gentle pacifies the unruly forces of desire and aggression and begins to keep the commandments. Whoever keeps the commandments is purified. Whoever is purified is illuminated. Whoever is illuminated is made a spouse of the divine Logos-Bridegroom and shares with him the bridal chamber of mysteries. —Maximos the Confessor

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.

Learning to surf is a mixture of respect, timing, balance, boldness, and humility, with bits of pure elation

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.

I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly, incredibly merciful.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel.

It's not just that I'm stupid; it's that I'm just smart enough to know how stupid I am. I wish I weren't so stupid. Or that I were stupider.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

No one can consistently get everything wrong. Such perfection does not exist.

A sign of emotional health and maturity is being able to accept ourselves as fallible human beings, while continuing to do our best to avoid mistakes. If we own our mistakes when they happen, we can make amends and learn from them. When dealt with appropriately, our mistakes and failures often do lead to positive outcomes. At the very least, they provide a valuable correction to fanciful beliefs that we are infallible or have sufficient resources in ourselves to beat any obstacle.

It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming.

Unfortunately for the good sense of mankind, the fact of their fallibility is far from carrying the weight in their practical judgement, which is always allowed to it in theory; for while every one well knows himself to be fallible, few think it necessary to take any precautions against their own fallibility.

But the true virtue of human beings is fitness to live together as equals; claiming nothing for themselves but what they freely concede to every one else; regarding command of any kind as an exceptional necessity, and in all cases a temporary one; and preferring, whenever possible, the society of those with whom leading and following can be alternate and reciprocal.

The yoke is naturally and necessarily humiliating to all persons, except the one who is on the throne, together with, at most, the one who expects to succeed to it.

I'm 190 pounds of rock hard muscle, underneath 40 pounds of sturdy protective fat.

He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself.