Inspirational Quotes on Humility

“One of the grandest things in having rights is, that though they are your rights you may give them up.”

“When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.”

“When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose he means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child.”

“Oh that I was lowly in heart! Honor and dishonor, good report and evil report would then be alike, and prove a furtherance to me in my Christian cause.”

“There are three requisites to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings: a thankful reflection, on the goodness of the giver; a deep sense of our own unworthiness; and a recollection of the uncertainty of our long possessing them. The first will make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate.”

“Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord.”

“The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.”

“Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow.”

“Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers, exceed me still.”

“Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are the graces about which there is no mystery, and they are within reach of all classes. The poorest Christian can every day find occasion for practicing love and humility.”

“Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty. acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.”

“He sees all the twisted things about me that my fellow-men do not see (and I am glad!), and that He sees more corruption in me than that which I see in myself (which, in all conscience, is enough).”

“The focus of health in the soul is humility, while the root of inward corruption is pride. In the spiritual life, nothing stands still. If we are not constantly growing downward into humility, we shall be steadily swelling up and running to seed under the influence of pride.”

“Clay is earth with humility.”

“Be deaf to the quarrelsome, blind to the scorner and dumb to the inquisitive.”

“The most holy men are always the most humble men; none so humble on earth as those that live highest in heaven.”

“It is a little learning, and but a little, which makes men conclude hastily. Experience and humility teach modesty and fear.”

“It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.”

“Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me what a rebel yet resides within.”

“He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.”