Quotes About Humility

Alfred the Great] possessed the supreme military virtue of willingness to be taught by the enemy.

We don't need to be beautiful for Christ to take us in. He is equally at home when we're broken-down and dirty.

God is love. When people claim to speak for God, there should be love in their words.

Great thoughts, like great deeds, need No trumpet.

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Be wise;Soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

The Son of God, prompted by the same infinite love, laid aside his divine glory and mode of existence, emptied himself exchanged the form of God for the form of a servant, humbled himself and became obedient, even unto the death of the cross.

The Saviour of the world a carpenter! the greatest preacher of the gospel a tent-maker!

Fearfulness, contrary to all other vices, maketh a man think the better of another, the worse of himself.

The only thing I know is that I know nothing' Socrates

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

A Christian atmosphere is no protection against preening egos.

Mais ici-bas, mieux vaut ne jamais avoir raison. C'est une chose qu'on vous fait ensuite toujours payer très cher.

Guidance only comes to the humble—to those who sorrow over their sin, and are prepared to listen and change; that is, repent. Faith

Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature.

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.

If Jesus ever comes back to earth again, I'm thinking, he'll come as a dog, because there isn't anything as humble or patient or loving or loyal as the dog I have in my arms right now.

Before you laugh at someone's misfortune, have a moment to walk in their shoes. Now, you've LOL-ed and you have their shoes.

I am always friendly with people. When media asks me for a picture or interview, I readily do it. However, I wouldn't like them clicking my picture when I am eating or when I visit a temple. I don't want to be big in front of God.

Who is happy with his appearance? I find many drawbacks of myself. But, each time when I visit Lourdes, I receive a lesson of reconciliation. When you see ill people or invalids around, you realize that it is a sin to complain!

But one of the best things away from playing was a visit to a Mumbai slum. You see people in their conditions, getting stuck into their way of life and not moaning, and realise how lucky you are to be doing what you are doing. It put things into perspective.

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

I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do.

I grew up with very little. I remember vividly using buckets of water to shower.