Quotes about Humility

The problem is, I think, that so many of us pray as if we are ordering groceries. We pick up the telephone and say, 'Is this the right place to place my order?' and we proceed right to dictating our order. When we have then ended that list, we hang up.

Clearly, the Scripture tells us that we lack the capacity to grasp God's infinite mind or the way He intervenes in our lives. How arrogant of us to think otherwise! Trying to analyze His omnipotence is like an amoeba attempting to comprehend the behavior of man.

All those who try to go it sole alone,Too proud to be beholden for relief,Are absolutely sure to come to grief.

The more powerful a person truly is, the less they need to promote it. And the stronger a leader is, the less they need to announce it.

We take life so seriously. But at the end, the billionaire gets buried next to the street sweeper.

If you want to make God laugh, then tell him your plans!

Pride is the mother hen under which all other sins are hatched,' says C. S. Lewis.

we can't be filled with the power of God until we let go of the false pretense that we can get by on our own.

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual.… For it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost. —M. SCOTT PECK Women

It is important to approach the Word with humility. There is danger when we go to the Word to gather information to establish our opinions or beliefs. We then read what we believe, instead of believe what we read.

We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.

For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.