Quotes About Humility

They were the triumphant and insolent possessors; they had a hall, and a fire, and food and clothing and money, and so they might preach to hungry men, and the hungry men must be humble and listen. They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their souls was that they had not managed to get a decent existence for their bodies?

Don't complain about our coffee; someday you may be old and weak yourself.

They respected this "old man," because he knew his business, and nobody could fool him. Also they liked him, because he combined a proper amount of kindliness with his sternness; he was simple and unpretentious—when the work was crowded, you would have him eating his beans and coffee on a stool in the "eats" joint alongside you. He

Man is not an omipotent master of the universe, allowed to do with impunity whatever he thinks, or whatever suits him at the moment. The world we live in is made of an immensely complex and mysterious tissue about which we know very little and which we must treat with utmost humility.

Ignorance of ourselves is another reason for forgiving others. Unfortunately it is ourselves we know least; our neighbor's sins, weaknesses, and failures we know a thousand times better than our own. Criticism of others may be bad, but it is want of self-criticism which is worse.

One day a woman went to the saintly Father John Vianney, the Curé of Ars, in France, and said, "My husband has not been to the sacraments or to Mass for years. He has been unfaithful, wicked, and unjust. He has just fallen from a bridge and was drowned —a double death of body and soul." The Curé answered, "Madam, there is a short distance between the bridge and the water, and it is that distance which forbids you to judge.

We are so ignorant of our true condition that we know little more of ourselves than our name and address and how much we have; of our selfishness, our envy, our detraction, our sin, we know absolutely nothing. In fact, in order that we may never know ourselves, we hate silence and solitariness.

Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit.

The first proof of charity in a priest, especially a bishop, is poverty.

My greatness does not extend to this shelf.

Look down and show some mercy if you can. Look down, look down, upon your fellow man.

This is not my house; it is the house of Jesus Christ. This door does not demand of him who enters whether he has a name, but whether he has a grief. You suffer, you are hungry and thirsty; you are welcome. And do not thank me; do not say that I receive you in my house. No one is at home here, except the man who needs a refuge. I say to you, who are passing by, that you are much more at home here than I am myself.

Sire! do not break out into thunder over such a nonentity as myself. God's great thunderbolts are not for bombarding lettuces.

Eksige, olge nõrgad, patustage, kuid olge õiglased.

La señora Magloire le llamaba siempre Vuestra Grandeza,un día se levantó de su sillón y fue a la biblioteca a buscar un libro. Estaba éste en una de las tablas más altas del estante, y como el obispo era de corta estatura, no pudo alcanzarlo. Señora Magloire, dijo, traedme una silla, porque mi Grandeza no lo alcanza a esa tabla.

Now, don't kick a dog 'cause it's only a pup!

We shall be grasshoppers among the stars. And then we shall see God.

He had painted it himself, for he knew how to do a little of everything—badly.

give to those in need and to do it quietly, for God will know your deeds.

There's no better cure for snobbiness than a good a** kicking.

HOSPITALITY O King of stars! Whether my house be dark or bright, Never shall it be closed against any one, Lest Christ close His house against me. If there be a guest in your house And you conceal aught from him, 'Tis not the guest that will be without it, But Jesus, Mary's Son.

Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel lehren Demut, das brauche ich für meine Charakterentwicklung.

Yo, por mi parte, más que humillación, sentí cómo una ráfagade aire fresco barría de mi corazón todas las inseguridades que me habían asaltado durante los últimos tiempos.

We may be the intelligent species, but we are certainly not the smartest!