Quotes About Humility

No man is wise enough by himself.

bubbles rose over the Champagne Orchestra and Lawrence Welk came onstage salaaming in every direction, crying out declarations of humility in his unctuous, brain-scalding Swedish kazoo of a voice.

My life is a very simple life thank you

The mark of a good officer, Wegener repeatedly told his youngsters, was willingness to admit he had something yet to learn.

If you're really good, they'd taught him at Quantico, you don't have to be arrogant.

A rare academic (was) a man who knew what he didn't know.

Behaving as if you are better than others shows a lack of regard for other people.

We feel small under the stars, yet paradoxically we feel more ourselves. We are who we are.

It was one of those moments when the moral high ground opens and swallows you up.

Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the ultimate answers cannot be given, they can only be received.

the greatest men that ever live pass away unknown. they put forth no claims for themselves, establish no schools of systems in their name. they never create or stir but just melt down into love

In a voice that sounds the way a can of cheap dog food would sound if a can of cheap dog food could speak, he tells you you are looking well.

Se você é um pastor e está sob a unção de Deus, prega melhor. Mas debaixo da glória de Deus, tropeça, gagueja, não consegue fazer nada. (...) Por quê? Porque Deus declarou que carne nenhuma vai se gloriar em Sua presença.

Se Deus puder contar com pessoas entre Seu povo, em uma determinada região, que rejeitem o domínio satânico com humildade, quebrantamento, arrependimento e intercessão, então Ele vai entregar uma ordem de despejo ao poder demoníaco vigente naquela área. E quando assim Deus o fizer, veremos a manifestação de Sua glória.

But then Job was a man. Invisibility was intolerable to men. What complaint would a female Job dare to put forth? And if, having done so, and He deigned to remind her of how weak and ignorant she was, where was the news in that? What shocked Job into humility and renewed fidelity was the message a female Job would have known and heard every minute of her life.

And you look like the north side of a southbound mule.

See, you can be part of a crowd who gathers at church or even comes together to do a Bible study, but unless you recognize your true humility before the living God and your complete dependence on Him and His Word, you will only be in the vicinity. You will only be part of the Jesus Fan Club. You will go untouched. Nothing will change within you because His power will not be released to you.

Meekness is not weakness. Meekness simply means submitting your power to a higher Control—it means submitting yourself to God's kingdom rule.

A healthy fear of the Lord keeps us from forgetting who we are and who He is.

rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."b

In God's economy, the way up the ladder is down it. The rise to celebrity starts on your knees with a basin, a towel, and a humble heart.

Sometimes I have the most amazing moments of clarity. Razor sharp, crystal clear. It's at these times I can see how fucking stupid I am.

If we have played our part well, offering love where it was needed, strength and caring where they were lacking; if we have tended the earth and its creatures with a sense of humble stewardship, we will have done enough.

It is not easy for a man to be as great as a mountain or a forest. But that is why the Creator gave them to us as teachers. Now that I am old I look once more toward them for lessons, instead of trying to understand the ways of men.