Quotes About Humility

Conquering cities may not be held against kings, but kicking like an ass should be.

When you're up against a superior enemy, sometimes it's okay to just bow out gracefully

I know that a Christian should be humble, but against the Pope I am going to be proud and say to him: "You, Pope, I will not have you for my boss, for I am sure that my doctrine is divine."

Improving ourselves is not the sacrifice the Lord calls us to.

As we keep in step with the Spirit, our thinking changes, and the craving to self-indulge begins to die. And our hearts are humbled, which enables us to see God for who he is and everything we have as a gift. Gratitude to God - not just words of thanks but a heart-deep belief - makes self-indulgence meaningless.

So what I think at this point is that I'm aiming too high, that maybe nothing is too much, to begin with. Maybe for now I should just try, each day, to be a little less than I usually am.

It is the lowered head that makes her seem less noble than, say, a horse, or a deer surprised in the woods. More exactly, it is her lowered head and neck. As she stands still, the top of her head is level with her back, or even a little lower, and so she seems to be hanging her head in discouragement, embarrassment, or shame. There is at least a suggestion of humility and dullness about her. But all these suggestions are false.

I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!

That is the best sermon, not which is a great pulpit effort, but which is helpful. If, young men, you have preached a sermon and some one comes up to you and says that was a great pulpit effort, hide your head in shame and go home and never write another like it.

Vanity is easily forgiven, for we are all vain, and even as we laugh at the weakness of others we feel that their vanity has touched the responding chord of our own.

We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.

Think of it. Jesus left the comforts of heaven and came into our universe, our pasture, to smell like sheep!

It's too easy to believe in our own importance when we're surrounded by our own creations all day.

When we feel unworthy in His presence it's because we glimpse His holiness.

Jesus said that when we put others ahead of ourselves, the world will see God's love through us.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.

If you truly understood the holiness of God, you would have a proper attitude about yourself.

There is no more prideful creature than a man born poor.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater. Albert Einstein.

Intelligent people know they are intelligent. They also know that one person cannot know all, hence a person is not stupid simply because he is ignorant of one thing or another. They know that, to another intelligent person, they will not appear stupid in asking for an explanation of what they do not know, and so their ignorance on any particular issue does not become an embarrassment.

Humility can't be bought at a bargain price. It's the long working of grace upon grace within the hurts of our hearts.

Lord, give them enough hurts to keep them human and enough failures to keep their hands clenched tightly in Yours.

Humility opens the ears of opportunity.