Quotes related to 1 Peter 5:5
Pride looks down, and no one can see God but by looking up.
— Peter Kreeft
Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another?
— Ezra Taft Benson
Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!
— Charles Spurgeon
Most of the notable turn out to be the not-able. God's greatest truths still belong to babes.
— Vance Havner
Deflating inflated egos is so important to God that He offers to help.
— Max Lucado
We receive God's grace by humbly admitting that we need it.
— Rick Warren
Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.
— David Jeremiah
God will bless us if we walk in humility.
— Gordon Hinckley
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
— Confucius
Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.
— St. John Chrysostom
Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.
— St. Augustine
I don't know how a lot of these nations existed as long as they have till we could get some of our people around and show 'em how to be good and pure like us.
— Will Rogers