Quotes about Humility

The posture is the lowest possible position in which we can put ourselves with empty hands and eager hearts.

If I can be honest, the real problem with the gap in my countertop was my own pride. It's a sign of imperfection, and I don't like my imperfections to show. Lord, please set my heart free from these prideful tendencies.

Let your gentleness be evident to all" (Philippians 4:5).

Grace given when it feels least deserved is the only antidote for bitter rot. I

Humility isn't a place of weakness but rather a position that will come with honor (Proverbs 18:12).

Too much revelation and I'd pridefully run ahead of You. Too little and I'd be paralyzed with fear.

I can't expect a perfection in others I'm not even capable of living out myself.

People who care more about being right than ending right prove just how wrong they were all along. Lord, let me end this the right way.

In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there's no danger that we will confuse God's work with our own, or God's glory with our own.

You will find it hard to hear from God until you let go your rights and your agenda.

The balancing act we parents attempt is convincing our children: 1. You are loved more than you can imagine. 2. The world does not revolve around you.

There are two kinds of people in this world; the clueless and the repentant, those who are open to looking at their life, and those who are not, both that know they need God to change them, and those that expect EVERYONE else to change.