Quotes about Humility
Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.
— Denzel Washington
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
— St. Augustine
When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!
— Denzel Washington
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
I think my level of fame will drop back down. I think it'll recede. In fact, I know it will. That's life on Planet Earth. And I'm okay with that. Besides getting tables at restaurants and special treatment at the airport, what else is there?
— Tina Fey
A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven - not excused or sublimated.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
God is awesome; he doesn't need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.
— Matt Chandler
You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.
— Wayne Gretzky
I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am
— John Newton
God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
— Martin Luther
I never understood why people want to do big things... Just do little things, with great Love.
— Heidi Baker
When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there's only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility.
— Frank Sinatra