Quotes about Humility
The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world.
— J. Oswald Sanders
When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose He means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child.
— George Whitefield
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
A spiritual prayer is a humble prayer. Prayer is the asking of an alms, which requires humility... The lower the heart descends, the higher the prayer ascends.
— Thomas Watson
...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that world that the kingdom of heaven is not of.
— Bede Griffiths
When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
— Thomas a Kempis
When a man gets up so high (spiritual mountaintop) that he cannot reach down and save poor sinners, there is something wrong.
— DL Moody
There's always the threat of "spiritual one-up-manship" that we must avoid.
— Sam Storms
Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort.
— Philip Yancey
When everything comes from Jesus, it is spiritual insanity to have any form of pride.
— Derwin Gray
Adversity relieves people of vanity and egotism. It discourages selfishness by proving that no one can succeed without the cooperation of others.
— Napoleon Hill
A man is his tallest when he is down on his knees in prayer.
— Beth Moore