Quotes about Humility

To please God, to be pleasing to God, is to "walk with Light," to walk with God in joy, praise, holiness, and humility as image-bearers of the Light.

The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.

I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do with it.

Jesus has very clearly said in the gospel. "Whatever you do, do to the least of my brethren." Clear? That was the work of Jesus.

Every true work is not done to the poor. Every true work is done to Me.

One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.

Work is the only thing I do to escape the corruption of praise.

Before you dismiss a beginner's work, remember how much you sucked when you started. You probably sucked worse, actually.

I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.

People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.

Well, honestly I feel like an ordinary woman.