Quotes about Humility
Mother Teresa once said, "Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile." ... The last thing many believers need is to go to another Bible study.
— Rick Warren
Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation.
— Steven Pressfield
O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection.
— Thomas a Kempis
God hides treasure in dirt, so that only those humble enough to dig through it find it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Leadership is an act of submission to God. To be a leader means listening to all kinds of people and situations. Out of that listening, we are hoping to discern the mind of God as best we can. This is the price of leadership - it's an act of sacrifice. So leadership is part and parcel of the work of submission to God.
— Richard Foster
Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.
— Henry David Thoreau
I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five
— Oscar Wilde
With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own.
— Nicky Gumbel
Never underestimate your own ignorance.
— Albert Einstein
It grieves me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car.
— Pope Francis
Never use the message of the cross to crucify those you don't like, or the sword of the Spirit to attack other believers.
— Perry Stone
One common cause of this mistake of preferring to imagine and admire a great ideal instead of beginning to do little deeds is our impatience with little baby steps, our lack of humility.
— Peter Kreeft