Quotes About Humility

The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is Luther? The teaching is not mine. Nor was I crucified for anyone. . . . How did I, poor stinking bag of maggots that I am, come to the point where people call the children of Christ by my evil name?

I took my own divinity where I could find it, and most of the time it was measured in small sips, usually delivered through natural beauty and acts of unprovoked kindness.

It is certain that one must utterly despair of oneself in order to be made fit to receive the grace of Christ.

Indeed, if pride would cease there would be no sin anywhere.

Terror" or "fright" (erschrecken) work first to destroy a person's self-centered claims before God, characterized by boasting in works and merits.

They cannot be humble who do not recognize that they are damnable and stinking sinners.

there isn't shame in having shadows - we all have them to varying degrees. it's simply a part of being human

Repentance and faith must be your daily lifestyle. Why? Because it lays you low and lifts you up at the same time.

Our relationships are often harmed when we try to atone for our own sins while condemning the other person for his.

Godly relationships flourish best between two humble people who acknowledge their weaknesses and sins and their need for grace.

I was good at helping other people see and own their sin. But I was not willing to believe that my need was just as desperate. Maybe I was blinded by my theological knowledge or my pastoral skill. But

Be humble, gentle, patient, and forbearing in love

Humility enables us to see our own sin before we focus on the sin and weaknesses of another.

but God wants to bring us to the end of ourselves so that we would see our need for a relationship with him as well as with others.

If I consciously live in light of the fact that I am full in Christ, I will ask for forgiveness whether or not I get to watch the game.

Though we are to be wise, we are not to fear the world in which God has placed us. Yes, things will get messy. But if you are humbled by the messiness of sin in your own life, yet confident in God's grace to change you, you will not be afraid to get close to other sinners who need that same grace. God will use the messiness you encounter in others to spur your own growth in the gospel.

If you want to enjoy any progress or blessing in your relationships, it will require you to admit your sin humbly and commit yourself to the work they require.

After we ate our heaping slice of humble pie, we asked the missus if she could at least serve it up a la mode next time.

Christians might return to the foundational book, which as ever is very timely. Jesus preached that it "is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." We should be modest, for "whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

It's hard to be perfect, It really is. I keep learning things after I've already bungled it.

Nu te prici la vorbe ?i nu te b?ga în certuri; las?-l pe cel?lalt s? aib? dreptate. Nu-?i impune niciodat? voia ta mai presus de a celuilalt. Astfel se deprinde greul me?te?ug al ascult?rii, ?i prin aceasta al smereniei. C?ci smerenia ne este de cea mai mare trebuin??.

Slap Me, But Don`t Hate Me

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.

I just try to try to keep an attitude that I don't know what I'm doing. Not to the point where I'm beating myself up, but I just go in thinking that I have a lot to learn. And I hope I still have that attitude 30 years from now.