Quotes about Humility

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.

I have come to one conclusion: All that I am, all that I aspire to be, all that I was before, is by the grace of God. There are so many women in Africa, and outside Africa, who are more intelligent than I am.

One of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up.

Humble yourself, and you will find that Love is spreading a carpet of flowers beneath your feet.

Let no rank puff up anyone for faith and love are paramount - the greatest blessings in the world.

Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.

The fact is, we will all be broken—sooner or later. We can choose to be broken or we can wait for God to crush our pride. If we resist the means God provides to lead us to brokenness, we do not avoid brokenness—we simply make it necessary for God to intensify and prolong the process.

We need to learn how to deny ourselves, so we can do that which does not come naturally—to truly love God and others.

False humility and morbid introspection are, in fact, the opposite of brokenness, as they reveal a preoccupation with self, rather than Christ.