Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels...

It is neither just the religious, the spiritual, the power-hungry, the evil, the ignorant, the corrupt, the Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu, the Buddhist, the Jew, nor the atheist that makes a hypocrite, but being...

The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his...

The devil…the prowde spirite…cannot endure to be mocked.

Simplicity and humility, not power or status, will bring you joy and happiness.

A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn’t know.

If you are humble you will never have to struggle against positive change.

The prideful man qualifies himself by what people think of him, always looking for applause. There is another proud man; head bloodied by the world but eyes focused on what is good, never caring about...

True knowledge should not produce pride; it should produce humility…Because the more you know, the more you know how much you don’t know.

It’s okay to be honest about not knowing rather than spreading falsehood. While it is often said that honesty is the best policy, silence is the second best policy.

I am not the moon orbiting around your planet; I am the sun that will burn through your frozen mind.

I overreacted to praise, signing an autograph. I’d write a check to buy it back.

The ultimate story of success: When a nobody, who has never once in his entire life known the feeling of being remembered or respected, suddenly snaps and becomes a world dictator. On one hand it...

Simplicity is a bliss that makes one comprehend.

I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don’t even need or want to look ‘intelligent’ anymore.

Through life, I want to walk gently. I want to treat all of life – the earth and its people – with reverence. I want to remove my shoes in the presence of holy ground....

When an illiterate gets angry, you’ll get to understand that calmness is probably a sign of education.

The Church has little idea how unorthodox it is at any given moment. If a church can’t yet be perfectly orthodox, it can, with the Holy Spirit’s help and by the grace of God, be...

You must therefore conceal from the patient the true end of Humility. Let him think of it, not as self-forgetfulness, but as a certain kind of opinion (namely, a low opinion) of his own talents...

Humility puts others first because “first” takes on new meaning through the practice of humility.

A person can perhaps trust his eyes only to the amount of truth his heart does not mind to speak openly to the people to touch their souls in this selfish world full of lies.

It is an illusion to worry about pride without having those things that may predispose someone to fall into the trap of pride…

And then I decided to be pro me. Be pro you to the end. No more cutting up myself and serving up myself like pieces of a pie for everyone’s tasteless palates. And that doesn’t...

I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so modestly...

Ask with Confidence, listen with humility.

It’s much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.

No matter how great you are, you could always be greater. Let this be a lesson in the need to lessen the size of your ego.

If you are ‘humble’, it may help you in ordinary life. If you are not, you will get nowhere in higher things.

The author describes megalomania as seen in Chairman Mao by saying that what he was familiar with, he was really familiar with. This zeal moved the megalomaniac with a complete lack of appreciation for what...

To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.

The faculty to think objectively is reason; the emotional attitude behind reason is that of humility. To be objective, to use one’s reason, is possible only if one has achieved an attitude of humility, if...

A humble man speaks not of his own humility

If you have to walk along a dark mountain path, don’t you prefer to have a flashlight to shine on the path ahead? I would suggest that it is possible to have that flashlight in...

In my own book-signings, I find humility. It’s always humbling when people go out of their way to come visit with me and by some of my books.

One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.

I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you...

People with disabilities are sometimes very humble and approachable, if you want a seasoned reputation, then behave like one of the handicaps.

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.

There is only one certain test of the virtue and that is humiliation. The acceptance of humiliation alone shows the depth and reality of our humility.

Be a star not a diva!

No person is great in isolation. It takes many hands to shape a life. Denial would mean conceit, and conceit is not the same as self-respect.

The path to wisdom is paved with humility.

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Humility and Trustworthiness are not rooted only in Presentation, Voice modulation or Nice Jorganbut in Actions and Intentions that speak louder than you do and they last longer

Some people would rather die in their pride, than live in their humility.

How many are the things I can do without!

Use every opportunity of humbling yourself before your fellow-men as a help to abide humble before God.

We must humble ourselves before [others] so we may learn from what others have lived. It is only when we have added their expertise to our own that we can truly excel towards our most...

I regard myself as the most wretched of all men, stinking and covered with sores, and as one who has committed all sorts of crimes against his King. Overcome by remorse, I confess all my...