Inspirational Quotes on Humility

“Every Christian has a choice between being humble or being humbled.”

“Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.”

“In the midst of our triumphs, let us cry to God for humility.”

“The best definition of humility I ever heard was this - to think rightly of ourselves.”

“The higher a man is in grace. The lower he will be in his own esteem.”

“To be laughted at is no great hardship to me. I can delight in scoffs and jeers Caricatures, lampoons, and slanders are my glory. But that you should turn from your own mercy, that is my sorrow. Spit on me, but, oh, repent! Laugh at me, but, oh, believe in my Master! Make my body as the dirt of the streets, but damn not your own souls!”

“Keep us little and unknown, prized and loved by God alone.”

“I know for me, going back the person I've bad-mouthed or lied to is absolutely humiliating! But isn't it interesting that "humiliating" has the same root word as "humility"? Part of humility is taking responsibility for my sin and asking forgiveness even when it doesn't feel good. God wants to heal and restore your relationships, but it's not easy.”

“Loving God - really loving Him - means living out His commands no matter what the cost.”

“A humble person is more likely to be self confident... a person with real humility knows how much they are loved.”

“A man can counterfeit love, he can counterfeit faith, he can counterfeit hope and all the other graces, but it is very difficult to counterfeit humility.”

“The law stops every man's mouth. God will have a man humble himself down on his face before Him, with not a word to say for himself. Then God will speak to him, when he owns that he is a sinner, and gets rid of all his own righteousness.”

“We may easily be too big for God to use, but never too small.”

“The beginning of greatness is to be little; the increase of greatness is to be less; the perfection of greatness is to be nothing.”

“God was so precious to my soul that the world with all its enjoyments appeared vile. I had no more value for the favor of men than for pebbles.”

“Don't give your advice before you are called upon.”

“Humility is truth.”

“If we are to pray aright, perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray is important, but what God wants us to pray. The richness of the Word of God ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.”

“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”

“Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power of a thorough consecration, the ability of self-littleness, an absolute losing of one's self in God's glory and an ever present and insatiable yearning and seeking after all the fullness of God.”