Quotes about Humility

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

The real sin lay in thinking that any power to help and transform came from me. Of course it was not my wholeness, but Christ's that made the difference.

What I have to say is of no importance. Let me tell you what the Son of God had to say.

We were created not for earth but for eternity. We were created not to be Liked but to show love. We were created not to draw attention to ourselves but to give glory to God. We were created not to collect followers but to follow Christ.

Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.

When you reach out to God humbly, you'll find that He's already reaching out to you.

That place that I had been most sure that I was right was the place that I was most wrong.

When I ask God to change my actions, that honesty about my own inconsistent behaviors forces me not to be so hard on other believers. Humble acknowledgment of the plank in my own eye gives me more patience with the specks in everyone else's (see Matthew 7:1-5). Instead of pointing the finger at others, let's allow God to examine us.

Serving isn't something we do. A servant is who we're called to be.

Spiritual giftedness does not guarantee that we hear from God rightly on every point.

Granted, God is sovereign and can speak as he pleases—through a proof text, a poem, or Balaam's donkey. But we do not regularly seek out donkeys to tell us how to live.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.