Quotes About Humility

For me, when you have to prepare to play God, and then walking away from that, you realize just how tough God's job is. I don't want that job.

A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.

I haven't lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.

In the eyes of mercy, no one should have hateful thoughts. Feel pity for the man who is even more at fault. The area and size of mercy is limitless.

When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, he is worthy to become a leader.

I'm ready to stop waging war and start washing feet.

By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?

I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

One should not utter a word about his own inadequacies. In the Oxo it says: 'When a man lets out a single word, the long and short of him will be known.'

It is not right to exult over slain men.

War taught me that not everything is glamorous.

Juan 5:30. No puedo Yo por Mí mismo hacer nada: como oigo, juzgo: y Mi juicio es justo, porque no busco Mi Voluntad, sino la voluntad del PADRE que Me envió.

I have so much character that adding beauty to the mix would be greedy.

It seems like such a waste of time to expend all that energy trying to convince the world you're better than everyone else. I can't understand it." ''Of course you can't. You like nothing better than to point out all your character flaws to everyone who'll listen." She must have found his exasperation amusing because she smiled. "They'll discover those flaws for themselves if they're around me long enough. I just save them the effort.

You're so used to feeling superior that you've forgotten there are people who might know something you don't.

An offspring's sigh of tedium is inaudible to all human ears except a parent's. Boring your child who, at one point in his or her life, found you unspeakably delightful is humbling.

Ford, you seem to think it's your job to save everyone. When did God step off the throne and put you in charge? Last time I looked, you were not the Savior of the world.

You got in over your head. That happens. You have to learn when to call for help. That's when you are strong.

The Lord has already told you what is good, and this is what he requires: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

We're not like God, [Papa] says. We can't know. We can't live like we do know or should have known.

To be REAL means waking up. Waking up to the inner-truth of who we are and what drives us. It requires an honest look in the mirror to acknowledge that we are not perfect. Waking up means we are willing to transform ourselves from fear-based mindsets and behaviors to become a better person than who we are today. Becoming a REAL leader requires authenticity, humility, caring, transparency, and discernment. Robertson, Susan. Real Leadership: Waken To Wisdom. The Books Factory. Kindle Edition.