Quotes about Humility
Within the Church, sins are forgiven in three ways: by baptism, by prayer, and by the greater humility of penance; yet God does not forgive sins except to the baptized.
— St. Augustine
Our prayers must not be efforts to bend God to our will but to yield ourselves to His.
— Catherine Marshall
Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.
— Timothy Keller
Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is.
— DA Carson
How many of us will ever sit... bow our heads and pray "Lord show me where I'm wrong"?
— Anonymous
Before we can pray "Lord Thy Kingdom come " we must be willing to pray "My Kingdom go."
— Alan Redpath
It is impossible to lose your footing while on your knees.
— Anonymous
Man is the only creature which rises by bowing for he finds elevation in his subjection to his Maker.
— Anonymous
Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.
— Myles Munroe
Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.
— Ezra Taft Benson
What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know?
— William Saroyan
I am enormously wise and abysmally ignorant
— William Saroyan