Quotes about Humility

Could not but think, as I have often remarked to others, that much more of true religion consists in deep humility, brokenness of heart, and an abasing sense of barrenness and want of grace and holiness than most who are called Christians imagine.

It is sweet to be nothing and less than nothing that Christ may be all in all.

No poor creature stands in need of divine grace more than I, and none abuse it more than I have done, and still do.

Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility.

There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self.

God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.

They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due

You come to God not by being strong, but by being weak; not by being right, but through your mistakes.

Before you judge someone else, stop and think about all that God has forgiven you for.

He who begins by seeking God within himself may end by confusing himself with God.

When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others.

Humility is nothing but the disappearance of self in the vision that God is all.