Quotes About Humility

We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked.

Not my will, but thine, be done.

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

Great men are not always wise.

Men never think their fortunes too great, nor their wit too little.

A person who believes ... that there is a whole of which one is a part, and that in being a part one is whole: such a person has no desire whatever, at any time, to play God. Only those who have denied their being yearn to play at it.

Let me be big in little things...

A little thing that don't cost nothing, and it's just the little things that makes a man to be looked up to and liked.

If at first you do succeed — try to hide your astonishment.

You can't fall off the floor.

The doctor takes care of you but he is not God.

Our dedication- devotion- to craft should enlighten as it humbles us.

There are so goddamn many ways to be a fool a man can't expect to avoid them all.

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The greatest gift of surrender was that it helped me to realize that it is arrogant of me not to forgive myself when God forgives me.

I mean I'm just bad at being good. Bad despite more than sixty years of attending Sunday school, worship services, summer camps, revivals, prayer meetings, retreats, workshops, religious colleges, seminary; being a pastor; reading spiritual books, writing spiritual books, and memorizing Bible verses. I stumble a lot!

Not every man can carry a full cup. Sudden elevation frequently leads to pride and a fall. The most exacting test of all to survive is prosperity.

James and John wanted the glory, but not the cup of shame; the crown, but not the cross; the role of master, but not servant.

No leader lives a day without criticism, and humility will never be more on trial than when criticism comes.

He cleared his throat and reminded himself that if you pissed Her Holiness off, they'd need barbecue tongs to pick up your steaming pieces.

If you find yourself talking about everything you have or showing off by being publicly generous instead of privately, then you have a problem with pride.

And don't climb on your golden horse with me, Roarke. Don't you even start. That would be 'high horse,' Lieutenant.

A lot of people know they're right, when what they are is wrong. Having doubts keeps you human.

He thought of himself not as something heavy that left tracks behind it, but if anything, as a speck upon the surface of an earth too deeply asleep to notice the scratch of ant feet, the rasp of butterfly teeth, the tumbling of dust