A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.

humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.

... but the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.

We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.

There's nothing spectacular about Prophet T.B Joshua. He is just like every other human being. But if there is any difference, it is the grace of God; the righteousness of God. It is a product of the grace of God. So, I am a product of the grace of God.

Pope Francis tells us who he is by pointing to Caravaggio's St. Matthew: 'Here, this is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze.' He is telling us that he has experienced the same rush of speechless wonder and graced love Caravaggio depicts in his painting.

Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell.

A man rejects God neither because of intellectual demands nor because of the scarcity of evidence. A man rejects God because of a moral resistance that refuses to admit his need for God.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.