Quotes about Humility
The proof of spiritual maturity, Tolstoy contended, is not how "pure" you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
- Philip Yancey
When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence.
- Philip Yancey
who are we to sit in judgment of God's moral government of the universe?
- Philip Yancey
True followers of God quietly humble themselves and rise again courageously.
- Philip Yancey
When we make condescending judgments, or proclaim lofty words that don't translate into action, or simply speak without first listening, we fail to love — ?and thus deter a thirsty world from Living Water. The good news about God's grace goes unheard.
- Philip Yancey
God's gifts are best used when we give them away in serving those who have less.
- Philip Yancey
Grace is not about finishing last or first; it is about not counting.
- Philip Yancey
Self-sufficiency, which first reared its head in the Garden of Eden, is the most fatal sin because it pulls us as if by a magnet away from God.
- Philip Yancey
unless we learn dependence we will never experience grace.
- Philip Yancey
When I ask, "Tell me the first word that comes to your mind when I say Christian," not one time has someone suggested the word love. Yet without question that is the proper biblical answer.
- Philip Yancey
It occurs to me, in fact, that laughter has much in common with prayer. In both acts, we stand on equal ground, freely acknowledging ourselves as fallen creatures. We take ourselves less seriously. We think of our creatureliness. Work divides and ranks; laughter and prayer unite. Finding God in Unexpected Places(245
- Philip Yancey
Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for
- Philip Yancey