Quotes about Humility
A ragamuffin knows he's only a beggar at the door of God's mercy.
— Brennan Manning
God's grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.
— Timothy Keller
Christ's crucifixion was on a hill, by a road, where everybody who passed by could not only see his pain, but also his shame. It was not done in a shadow, hidden away somewhere.
— Francis Schaeffer
One of the blunders religious people are particularly fond of making is the attempt to be more spiritual than God
— Frederick Buechner
Less, less of self each day, And more, my God, of Thee!
— Horatius Bonar
If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.
— Ignatius of Loyola
It is because of our foolishness that we forget who God is.
— Louie Giglio
Lord God...use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all.
— Martin Luther
Humility is simply believing and accepting what God says about us, and God says that we are anything but worthless.
— Myles Munroe
I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.
— Ralph Abernathy
God is not greater if you reverence Him, but you are greater if you serve Him.
— St. Augustine
Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God may remember them.
— St. John Chrysostom