True humility isn’t thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself exactly the way God thinks of you; not more and not less.

Some people are so impoverished all they have is gold.

For the Javanese…the purpose of knowledge (kaweruh) is love, not ambition or cleverness. Knowledge comes from caring enough to suffer and learn.

We do not have to have the correct answers to listen well. In fact, often the correct answers are a hindrance to listening well, for we become more anxious to give the correct answer than...

Cheerfulness means a contented spirit, a pure heart, a kind and loving disposition; it means humility and ~ charity, a generous appreciation of others, and a modest opinion of self.

Humility is the only thing that can restore a relationship, when respect has been lost.

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility. Catch him at the moment when he is really poor in spirit,...

Humiliation is the only ladder to honoring God’s Kingdom.

Everyone is a lead actor cum director of his own movie called life and any sensible director believes strongly always in playing out a good character through a lead actor for making his movie a...

Humility is recognizing we can’t give anything to God that He hasn’t already given to us.

Let our heart glow when you pray.Let our soul’s innermost desire and need flow in silence, gratitude and humble petition.Let our daily prayers be a life attitude not only when we are in trouble but...

Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.

The applause of the audience is short-lived. When calls resound for an encore, we are called to direct our attention to our Master.

It often seems as though the silent, humble servant is secretly wiser and more discerning than the haughty master; yet through dutiful (and sometimes insecure) surrender he continues to serve and carry out petty orders...

Every new generation believes its own period to be absolutely superior intellectually – greater than all past cultures yet equal among its modern cultures.

I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.

Put off the fire of pride and save your life from burning with flames of failure. Pride is the reason why many dreams only survive as ashes today. Learn the lesson; hung on to humility!

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.

Humility, kindness, integrity, and compassion are the fragrances that I wear, and I strongly recommend that you try them.

, I found the whole modern world talking scientific fatalism; saying that everything is as it must alwayshave been, being unfolded without fault from the beginning. The leaf on the tree is green because it...

Give me the lowest place: not that I dareAsk for that lowest place, but Thou hast diedThat I might live and shareThy glory by Thy side.Give me the lowest place: of if for meThat lowest...

He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.

A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when...

Selflessness is humility. … humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free.

Pride is yet again in the way of our mind’s ability to accept that we may not be the most intelligent and advanced people in the universe or on Earth since it was formed along...

You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat...

What kind of ministry is that, just talking to people?” Criticism directed at Francis Schaeffer’s plan to open an obscure spot in the Swiss Alps to those who came with questions.

Someone with a low degree of epistemic arrogance is not too visible, like a shy person at a cocktail party. We are not predisposed to respect humble people, those who try to suspend judgement. Now...

Writers who think THEY are being criticized when only that writing is being criticized are beyond a teacher’s reach. Writing can only be learned when a writer coldly separates himself from what he has written...

Ego, being love’s kryptonite; two souls must be on the same page of humility.

I get it, you know. I’m operating on privilege too. It may be a number of notches down from yours but it’s every bit as unearned. I think the trick is to never forget it.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

So many people think that they are not gifted because they don’t have an obvious talent that people can recognize because it doesn’t fall under the creative arts category—writing, dancing, music, acting, art or singing....

The country inspector’s face had shown his intense amazement at the rapid and masterful progress of Holmes’ investigation. At first he had shown some disposition to assert his own position, but now he was overcome...

You are the first person who you should treat with humility. Respect yourself and let it overflow to others.

Humility is the only soil in which the graces root; the lack of humility is the sufficient explanation of every defect and failure. Humility is not so much a grace or virtue along with others;...

We all need to humble ourselves from time to time and expose ourselves to new perspectives and ideas, even those of the non-experts, or else our growth potential gets weighed down with the ignorance of...

Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life.

I was wrong. Let’s make a change.

I read them (articles TR wrote on his honeymoon) all over to Edith and her corrections and help were most valuable to me.

I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.

Good…if you’ve done things you aren’t proud of. It means you have a conscience.

Many of us fight for and boast our freedom of what is ultimately the ability to prove ourselves to other people. It is unfortunate that only a few of us are so free in our...

Curious that a man as selfish as he should be offering himself to the service of dead dogs. There must be other, more productive ways of giving oneself to the world, or to an idea...

Your passion may determine what you can do, but your attitude redefines how far you can go while you do what you can. Your attitude leads you and you lead other people!

Deeply convinced of the reality of the divine will, he (Lincoln) had no patience at all with any who were perfectly sure they knew the details of the divine will.

I learned that it is better, a thousand-fold, for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his head in his pride and fancied innocence. I learned that he that will...

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don’t think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye...