Courtship is driven by hormones; marriage is sustained by humility and self-sacrifice.

There’s no such thing as a mistake, really. It’s just an opportunity to do something else.

There is no humility in calling yourself a Christian; placing Christ in the role of colleague. The humility lies in the truth of your imperfection and a more accurate description as a student of Christianity;...

Quite often we are led to aporia, an impasse, unable to proceed a step further. Socrates is almost always there, but even he is only a supporting character. The starring role is given to the...

Confessions are meant to reveal universal truths through specific examples.

1052The power of one hundred proud men cannot influence the world as much as of one humble servant of God. Tom Krause

Every story of conversion is a story of blessed defeat.

How quickly self rises to the surface, and the instrument is ready to believe he is something more than an instrument! How sadly easy it is to make of the very service God entrusts us...

In reverent pauses, when we slow down and think about the gift of life, we may briefly touch humility.

Humility is hard when someone has things like wealth, knowledge, & recognition that may tempt him/her behave and act pridefully. Otherwise, worrying about pride without these factors that predispose you, it is just an illusion.

Modern science has been a voyage into the unknown, with a lesson in humility waiting at every stop. Many passengers would rather have stayed home.

I want a man who knows something about himself. And is appalled. And has to forgive himself to get along.

Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.

I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.

God wants us to humbly and sincerely ask him things. How often do you enjoy people talking about you without taking the time to get to know you?

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything – that is the definition of conviction.

Love is like a buffalo with butterfly wings, and I’m just the humble man in the jetpack trying to shoot it down with a bow and arrow.

… the Sufi attitude is: ‘Let the real truth, whatever it may be, be revealed to me’.

Humility is a virtue that one can find, in which God in heaven rejoices ,and in His love he enfolds you, close to his heart He does bind.

There is a humility about genuine love that is rather horrible in some ways.

The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one’s narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in...

Good things come to those who ate. I’m going to wait to eat. I just got done swallowing my pride, and I’ll be full for the foreseeable future.

Oh … why not?’ he smiled. “This valley is a pleasant spot for meditation. I like New England… it is here that I have experienced some of my greatest successes – and several notable defeats....

Not one thing we’ve done changes that we are his. That he created us and loves us with a love more fierce and loyal than any we will ever know. He isn’t looking for perfection....

These are the few ways we can practice humility:To speak as little as possible of one’s self.To mind one’s own business.Not to want to manage other people’s affairs.To avoid curiosity.To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully.To...

We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have...

False humility is the pride of not being proud, real humility is without the consciousness that pride exists.

The better we become, the higher we climb. The higher we climb, the bigger our ego. The bigger the ego, the harder it is for us to look at others the same way we did...

We need mystery. Creator in her wisdom knew this. Mystery fills us with awe and wonder. They are the foundations of humility, and humility is the foundation of all learning. So we do not seek...

Let them hear your voice so rarely that a simply-uttered word creates a hush of expectancy in the room.

Confidence is this: Wearing your triumphs with humility, and wearing your scars with pride. Many of us do precisely the opposite.

True humility is being able to accept criticisms as graciously as we accept compliments.

False humility is better than no humility at all.

Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.

I’m sure I am wrong about many things, although I’m not sure exactly which things I’m wrong about. I’m even sure I’m wrong about what I think I’m right about in at least some cases.

There is only One on record who has practiced Christianity in every respect at every moment of his life – Christ himself. In that sense, there are no practicing Christians, but only Christians who, in...

Real humility is graceful power, not a mandate to be victimized and abused.

Life is like an extremely toughest examination and so the passing percentage of its students is abysmally low; a person with his 70 % contributions of the true kind deeds has only cleared it with...

A person’s reputation is like a glass panel that remains protected till it remains fitted in the strong and durable frame of the good character.

Modesty has, and will remain, an alluring trait because where egoism falters, humility conquers.

Appearances, beauty, value and life have their unique mysteries and essence. I prefer that essence to be breathing with humility, honesty, compassion, respect and a timeless love.

Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.

One of the greatest lesson is humility. Humility is like oxygen to the soul. You won’t get too far without it!

Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child’s relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don’t know as much as we think we know.

Think less of yourself and more of others…and others will think more of you. ~Jason Versey

Why has he taken this job?… For the sake of the dogs? But the dogs are dead; and what do dogs know of honour and dishonour anyway? For himself then. For his idea of the...

Attitude gives your work a good finishing beauty. You may be successful in what you do, but when you are not humble enough, nobody may get time to stop by to see what you have...

The ‘HIGHway’ to peace is humility!

Never mistake arrogance for intellect.

His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish.