Quotes about Humility

we can get so wrapped up in ourselves and in the tabernacles we want to build that we miss a fresh revelation of God's glory right before our eyes.

Father, Your Word clearly states that You will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. You will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. (Isa. 13:11)

Godliness is not perfection.

Better to admit where you're not and ask God's help to get you where you need to be.

If we don't learn to separate entertainment from identity and hyped images from real womanhood, our feminine souls are going to pass straight through the shredder. We must stop affirming and reaffirming to ourselves how inferior we are. It's extremely unhealthy, and in reality, it's the furthest thing from God's concept of humility. We'd be wise to take note of how fickle the media is with its own stars and how short lived the friendly spotlight is.

You who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down. Jeremiah 49:16

Why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? Acts 3:12

Lord, make me a student and take me not home, until You look in my face and see the reflection of Your own.

We may be afraid to ask God to keep us humble. Why are we not far more frightened of what pride can do?

Humility can be rather easily obtained by opening our eyes to reality—filling our minds and hearts with the greatness of God.

That's what humility is in a nutshell: bowing down before His power and majesty.

Yielding to His authority and affections makes no small difference in our judgment (1 Corinthians 2:12-16). When we look through spiritual eyes, we can see fruit for what it is—we can distinguish between pride and confidence, between self-abasement and humility, between contentiousness and healthy confrontation.