2,389 Quotes About Humility

A humble sinner is better than a proud saint.

But the vicar of St. Botolph's had certainly escaped the slightest tincture of the Pharisee, and by dint of admitting to himself that he was too much as other men were, he had become remarkably unlike them in this - that he could excuse others for thinking slightly of him, and could judge impartially of their conduct even when it told against him. [from Middlemarch, a quote my mother thinks describes the kind of man my father was]

humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

You know, I think it's important to keep a balance in things. Yeah, balance, that's the right word. Cause the guy who wants too much risks losing absolutely everything. Of course, the one who wants too little from life, might not get anything at all.

Truth is not fully explosive, but purely electric. You don't blow the world up with the truth; you shock it into motion.

The action of acknowledging that you were in the wrong can make others trust you.

Once the apology has been accepted, do not repeat the same action. But if you do, due to long-term conditioning, do some self-reflection.

The Holy Spirit's instruments have no consciousness of His purpose; if they imagine they have, it is a pretty sure token that they are NOT His instruments. Nathaniel Hawthorne

My thesis for this book is that Christian contentment is finding delight in God's wise plan for my life and humbly allowing him to direct me in it.