Quotes About Humility

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

The perfect Muslim, standing upright in the presence of his Maker, at once proud and submissive, free from all illusions and from any bias in dealing with his fellow men, exemplifies fitrah. He is both perfect master and perfect servant.

All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.

I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong.

Lucy: You learn more when you lose Charlie Brown: Well then I must be the smartest person in world!!!

Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you're the Charlie Brownest.

Sometimes I lie awake at night thinking about all the dumb things I do every day... If I live to be eighty and I do ten dumb things each day... That would be about two hundred and ninety thousand dumb things... When you add up all the dumb things you do, it's best to use round figures...

Remember, there's an inverse relationship between your head and your heart. If your head swells, your heart shrinks. Tucker

Could you wash Judas's feet?

God has not failed to provide enough to fill every mouth. But He has given this world over to the administration of men, and it is their bad management they must correct rather than blame God. At least their incapable administration should teach them the saving grace of humility.

Since they are in fact academically gifted, it is fine to tell them that. Trying to hide their academic ability from them would be futile anyway. But they must also be told explicitly, forcefully, and repeatedly that their intellectual talent is a gift that they have done nothing to deserve. They are not superior human beings, but very, very lucky ones. They should feel humbled by their good luck.

No one should be allowed to work in the West Wing of the White House who has not suffered a major disappointment in life... the responsibility of working there was too great... to be entrusted to people who weren't painfully aware of how badly things can go wrong.

I'm white and I don't dance, but that doesn't mean I have all the answers.

I bought some crackers and a piece of hoop cheese and an apple at a grocery store and sat on a nail keg by the stove and had a cheap yet nourishing lunch. You know what they say, "Enough is as good as a feast.

He was a man of such modesty that he never mentioned his own name even when recording the stirring events in which he played so prominent a part.

3 "If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognising my sinfulness at all." —LIFE TOGETHER

Pride goeth before a fall, gentlemen. So in closin', I jest want to say that in life, or in any profession or business, it ain't how or where you start that counts - it's where you finish.

You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of our own ignorance.

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

Philippians 3:3 instructs, "Serve God by his Spirit . . . boast in Christ Jesus . . . put no confidence in the flesh." It will not only satisfy your being but will also build intimacy in your relationship with him.

I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don't believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody's that smart.

Love teaches you humility—patience—understanding.