We have no need to learn to think much of ourselves, to care for ourselves, to consider our own needs, wants, and desires. We already do that far too much. The problem is getting us...

The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don’t understand something

We are aware that the order of God requires the exercise of humility, but not of servility of slaves; but a humility that can be associated with undoubted courage and unflinching integrity; at the same...

The essence of humility in Step 3 is acknowledging and accepting our dependence on God. The essence of faith is trusting God. – p. 167

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can...

All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.

Pope Francis has stressed humility and austerity – a far cry, according to many, from the predecessor’s bling and Ferragamo shoes – those were pretty entertaining. And he’s translating all of that into a policy...

[T]he more man accepts his limitations, the better is he enabled to know things truly.

Out of humility I label not myself or others. All I can say is this; God is my Father. Jesus is my Savior. And the Holy Spirit dwells in me.

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.

When man comes into the presence of God he will find, whether he wishes it or not, that all those things which seemed to make him so different from the men of other times, or...

Real humility knows how to slam a door closed and say no more. You can’t be humble without self-love.

While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud’s work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently...

It is easy to do good, but it takes a lifetime to become human!

The process of enlightenment and evolution can never happen without the realisation of shortcomings. People, when they think they are the best and can’t get any better, are easily offended when others see room for...

The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness.

If my sinfulness appears to me in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, “He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not...

My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.

It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it.

Humility makes us more friendly Happiness makes us more lively.Love makes us more caringDream makes us more daring.Trust makes us more forgivingKindness makes us more loving.Hope gives us the joy of dreamingPeace gives us the...

Amory, sorry for them, was still not sorry for himself – art, politics, religion, whatever his medium should be, he knew he was safe now, free from all hysteria – he could accept what was...

Honesty transmits loudly in silence.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

winning the world.” His whole approach could easily be described as nonthreatening or nonmanipulative. He seemed to lead with weakness in each step of life. He had nothing in the world and everything in God...

until the stone becomes soft, it cannot attach itself to the wall.

He didn’t mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn’t matter.

Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that’s...

One will abide, and will confess that another is nobler than he, that another is richer, more handsome, and even that he is more learned, but that another is richer in reason scarcely any will...

When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect.

The humble one is the better one.

Alas! in the clothes of the greatest potentate, what is there but a man?

True greatness demands humility; the journey draws it from your struggling soul.

The Marquesa would even have been astonished to learn that her letters were very good, for such authors live always in the noble weather of their own minds and those productions which seem remarkable to...

If the opposite of certainty is doubt, humility must lie somewhere between the two,

A smile is a humble hidden treasure everyman has been endowed with that does not reveal itself until it is called for.

It hurt to think that a boy would not have him at his value of himself.

It is not your beauty, success or money that should define you; neither should your church calling, your charitable contributions or talents. Humility is the cornerstone of character, by which God judges our truth worth,...

It’s better to find success through God, than finding it on one’s own merits; some who usually find their own success become boastful, where through God it’s with gratitude.

A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.

Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God.

Every penny that has always been earned with integrity by a person to lead life with a real simplicity has only perhaps helped to serve Almighty & protect and preserve humanity in the society.

People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with ‘welcome’ written on it.

Have a heart which does not trample down simplicity and humility.

We shall, as we ripen in grace, have greater sweetness towards our fellow Christians. Bitter-spirited Christians may know a great deal, but they are immature. Those who are quick to censure may be very acute...

The sexual mechanisms of the two genders are just not compatible, that’s the horrible truth of it. (…)This is a truth we dare not acknowledge these days – because sameness is our religion and heretics...

I believe a man’s finest hour often comes when he is at his weakest. When he is broken, affronted and at a place of great emotional transparency. It’s there he has the rare insight of...

Gloating is a superficial glowing, floating is an idle flowing, and bloatedness is the paralysis of blowing up; because silent movement results in loud victories.

Rather than remain a sealed jar, she sought only to pour herself out to others. Everything she did mirrored her faith. It was as though every waking hour of the day she was devoted to...