Quotes about Humility

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

Never plead your merits before God. Plead mercy. It is mercy we need. We need it from first to last, and we need it every single day.

It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored.

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.

If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.

I do admit there have been times when I have made a statement that was incorrect.

I haven't gotten overly confident or cocky. I think staying level and humble has helped me through the bad times and the good times.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.

He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

What good does it do to speak learnedly about the Trinity if, lacking humility, you displease the Trinity? Indeed it is not learning that makes a man holy and just, but a virtuous life makes him pleasing to God. I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it. For what would it profit us to know the whole Bible by heart and the principles of all the philosophers if we live without grace and the love of God? Vanity of vanities and all is vanity, except to love God and serve Him alone.