Quotes about Humility

Vulnerability is an endearing quality; we are naturally drawn to humble people.

Glory in your weaknesses. Paul said, "I am going to boast only about how weak I am and how great God is to use such weakness for his glory."21

This is because conviction and humility, like faith and doubt, are not opposites; they're dance partners. It's possible to hold your faith with open hands, living with great conviction and yet at the same time humbly admitting that your knowledge and perspective will always be limited.

If anybody didn't have a Messiah complex, it was Jesus.

Being a Christian then is more about celebrating mystery than conquering it.

Sometimes we don't throw ourselves into it because we believe the small things are beneath us. What we don't understand is that what appear to be the small things are actually the big things. They're where it starts, and throwing yourself into them inevitably creates new opportunities for you.

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind.

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

The stamp of the Saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus.

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.