Quotes About Humility

Being truly thankful means you do not take CREDIT. You admit that the blessings you enjoy were GIVEN to you. You didnt pick that spouse, raise those kids, buy that home, attend that church, get that jobYOU DIDNT PICK IT, God gave it to you.

Being thankful means you believe your life is BETTER than you deserve. You're totally unworthy of the blessings you've received.

No one is entitled to anything. We must appreciate every opportunity we get in life. Being humble and thankful goes a long way.

There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for.

A man is proud until he falls.

Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It's important to stay grounded.

I wish I could make the land bloom for you. But the land is not mine to give. It belongs to the earth and to the spirits that dwell within it. We are merely stewards, entrusted with the care of this sacred land, and it is our duty to ensure that it thrives for generations to come. That is why we must tread lightly, with humility and respect, and work together to restore the balance that has been lost. (Kneubuhl 35)

breathtakingly lewd exhibition of modesty.

A person who thinks that he knows something better doesn't know that his wife knows better than him.

Be like a dog, love like a God, work like a slave and eat like a pauper.

Giving God a challenge is like lighting a candle to challenge the sun.

He who knows that he doesn't know, knows what he needs to know.

He whose needs are the least will always be the nearest to God.

Just because you say you are great doesn't mean you are.

Little persons try to be perfect while great ones do not know they are great.

No matter if you know a thousand things, still consult him who knows one.

Teach your tongue to say "I don't know" instead of making up something.

The best way to spend the happiest life is to know nothing.

The fool thinks he is wise and the wise thinks he is not a fool.

The greatest secret of life is to hear lessons and not teach them.

The wise man will say I don't know and the unknowing fool will answer.

Those who search for the defects of others don't know their own defects.

To a man talking about God is like using a spoon to get water from the Nile.

To give in order to receive is not to give, but to beg.