Quotes About Humility

We may be afraid to ask God to keep us humble. Why are we not far more frightened of what pride can do?

Humility can be rather easily obtained by opening our eyes to reality—filling our minds and hearts with the greatness of God.

That's what humility is in a nutshell: bowing down before His power and majesty.

Yielding to His authority and affections makes no small difference in our judgment (1 Corinthians 2:12-16). When we look through spiritual eyes, we can see fruit for what it is—we can distinguish between pride and confidence, between self-abasement and humility, between contentiousness and healthy confrontation.

All His works are true and His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride. Daniel 4:37

I will look favorably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and who trembles at My word. Isaiah 66:2

Pride is the archenemy of ministry.

Who are you— anyone who talks back to God? Romans 9:20

Wise God, You promise to guide the humble in what is right and teach them Your way. (Ps. 25:9) Give me a humble heart so I will follow You in what is right and learn Your way.

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.

Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.

Ending poverty calls for humility, honesty, freedom from ideology and refusal to accept cruel simplicities about anyone's human potential. It requires listening to the wisdom and cutting the nonsense from both the Right and the Left.

What I've found in my research is that realism and self-honesty are the antidote to ego, hubris, and delusion.

Relaxing at home in his 55th-floor condominium before a game, Sammy Sosa is the same as at the ball park: focused but funny, exuberant but reserved. He is in a strange country, conversing in two languages, but his every movement displays a combination of confidence and humility.

I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me.

Acting is a work in progress for me. I just try to keep my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open, especially with the people I've worked with.

We came up in that - keep your mouth shut, let your hard work do the talking, and I came into MMA like that.

My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, 'Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.'

People who make lots of money at what they do should just shut up about it.

If I could go back in time and give Rookie C.J one piece of wisdom, it would be that sometimes less is more. Off the court, sometimes it's just better to shut up and be quiet.

I know to shut up when I don't know what I'm talking about.

Judi Dench told me to shut up once. I was probably going on and on about something, in the way that I do sometimes, so she was being a good friend.

I think you should keep your head down and do your job and shut up It's the news, it's not about me.

My 7-year-old daughter is not shy of telling me she can draw better than me, and she's right.