Quotes about Humility
Sometimes we shrink from leadership because our pride makes us afraid of failure. That's not humility.
— Francis Chan
All my words are but chaff next to the faith of a simple man.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core, a matter of faith.
— Charles Swindoll
Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.
— John of the Cross
The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
— Brennan Manning
Grace is something you can never get but only be given.
— Frederick Buechner
If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.
— St. John Chrysostom
He that deserves nothing should be content with anything.
— Charles Spurgeon
Every Christian has a choice between being humble or being humbled.
— Charles Spurgeon
Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise. Think only what concerns thee and thy being; Dream not of other worlds, what creatures there Live, in what state, condition, or degree, Contented that thus far hath been revealed.
— John Milton
That who advances his glory, not their own, Them he himself to glory will advance.
— John Milton