Quotes About Humility

All religions remind us that actions have consequences for which guilt can and must be acknowledged, forgiveness humbly begged, reconciliation sought.

Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness.

There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It's to ask forgiveness armed only with, 'I'm sorry'.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

Content may dwell in all stations. To be low but above contempt may be high enough to be happy.

Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.

It's not a problem that we're sinners; it's a problem that we aren't ashamed of our sin and don't seek forgiveness.

He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness.

Forgiveness is a sacrifice. You're giving up being right about something, whether you're right or wrong about it.

The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.

If you want to be forgiven, you have to extend forgiveness, even to people who aren't smart enough to ask for it.

Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.

I wept because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet.

Judge not that ye be not judged.

Nobody who says, 'I told you so' has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

Obedience is the road to freedom, humility the road to pleasure, unity the road to personality.

The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.

Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist.

Humility means freedom. It provides growth and takes you out of the cycle of change that you are currently in, which is stagnation.