Quotes about Humility
A man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ.
— Martin Luther
There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to attention, all meant nothing to me ... till I came to the old man's office. (On becoming prime minister)
— Shimon Peres
For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man's wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
— Tertullian
Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.
— Ellen White
The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.
— Aldous Huxley
The Spirit never makes men the instruments of converting others until they feel that they cannot do it themselves; that their skill in argument, in persuasion, in management, avails nothing.
— Charles Hodge
Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not God's refinement.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask nothing more.
— Marcus Aurelius
A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.
— Thomas a Kempis
Men, God is not opposed to greatness. God is opposed to pride. Big difference. Unfortunately, it is a difference not widely understood or embraced.
— Tony Evans
All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.
— Thomas a Kempis