Quotes About Humility

The love of God does not consist in tears or in this delight ad tenderness, which for the greater part we desire and find consolation in; but it consists in serving with justice and fortitude of soil and in humility. Without such service it seems to me we would be receiving everything and giving nothing.

I believe we shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavouring to know God, for, beholding His greatness we are struck by our own baseness, His purity shows our foulness, and by meditating on His humility we find how very far we are from being humble. 11.

Let's make the best possible use of our feet first and learn to know ourselves. And yet it seems to me that we will never know ourselves unless we seek to know God. Glimpsing his greatness, we recognize our own powerlessness; gazing upon his purity, we notice where we are impure; pondering his humility, we see how far from humble we are.

Men think it lacking in humility and suppose that it is trying to teach those from whom it should learn, especially if the person in question is a woman.

If a little flower could speak, it seems to me that it would tell us quite simply all that God has done for it, without hiding any of its gifts. It would not, under the pretext of humility, say that it was not pretty, or that it had not a sweet scent, that the sun had withered its petals,or the storm bruised its stem, if it knew that such were not the case.

And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.

I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbours' defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.

Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.

In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness into fire.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

Life demands nothing from us Except, To die. It is the ultimate act of humility. It is the ultimate act of final humanity.

[Referring to people who are critical of others:] You are not extinguishing the bright lights of mankind, you're simply burying yourself in an unmarked grave.

Bütün yontulmam?? varl?klarda olduÄŸu gibi onda da gülünç bir kendini beÄŸenmiÅŸlik vard?.

Aber wie sollte ein so rascher Ruhm nicht einen so leeren Kopf beduseln? (...) Und dann, ist es nicht eigentlich verflucht leicht, sich für einen großen Menschen zu halten, wenn man nicht mit der leisesten Ahnung belastet ist, daß ein Rembrandt, ein Beethoven, ein Dante, ein Napoleon je gelebt haben?

To guard oneself from presumption.

And, actually, isn't it damn easy to think you're a great man if you aren't troubled by the slightest notion that a Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante, or Napoleon ever existed?

To be free of vanity or pride, these perhaps the gravest of all indulgences.

Y, además, ¿no es acaso lo más fácil del mundo considerarse un gran hombre cuando no se tiene ni la menor idea de que hayan existido alguna vez un Rembrandt, un Beethoven, un Dante, un Napoleón?

Daha bir saat öncesine kadar her ÅŸeyi bildiÄŸini san?rken ÅŸimdi onca s?rr?n ve sorunun yan?ndan dikkatsizce geçip gitmiÅŸ olduÄŸunu hissediyor ve hayata daha ilk ad?m?n? att???nda bilgisizliÄŸi yüzünden tökezlediÄŸini görmekten utanç duyuyordu.

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

Humility is what you strive for when you've failed at everything else.

In a world full of sadness and travail, kindness is not to be underestimated. You have the change to do a great deal of good, my dear, just by showing kindness to those the trail brings your way. Whatever you do, do your work heartily, not as unto men, but as unto God. He will take notice and He will be pleased.

One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.