Inspirational Quotes on Humility

“Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.”

“Let this be thy whole endeavour, this thy prayer, this thy desire, that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.”

“He that will be knighted must kneel for it, and he that will enter in at the strait gate must crowd for it--a gate made so on purpose, narrow and hard in the entrance, yet, after we have entered, wide and glorious, that after our pain our joy may be the sweeter.”

“Faith is the champion of grace, and love the nurse; but humility is the beauty of grace.”

“God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.”

“'My sin is ever before me' [Psalm 51.3]. A humble soul sees that he can stay no more from sin, than the heart can from panting, and the pulse from beating. He sees his heart and life to be fuller of sin, than the firmament is of stars; and this keeps him low. He sees that sin is so bred in the bone, that till his bones, as Joseph's, be carried out of the Egypt of this world, it will not out. Though sin and grace were never born together, and though they shall not die together, yet while the believer lives, these two must live together; and this keeps him humble.”

“The frost is God's plough which he drives through every inch of ground in the world, opening each clod, and pulverizing the whole.”

“Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.”

“Send your noble blood to market and see what it will bring.”

“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.”

“The right manner of growth is to grow less in one's own eyes.”

“Keep your heart as you would a prisoner.”

“A true saint is a divine landscape or picture, where all the rare beauties of Christ are lively portrayed and drawn forth. He hath the same spirit, the same judgment, the same will with Christ.”

“A humble sinner is in a better condition than a proud angel.”

“The mercies of God make a sinner proud, but a saint humble.”

“It is the laden bough that hangs low, and the most fruitful Christian who is the most humble.”

“Many would be scantily clad if clothed in humility.”

“Without this heart attitude it is exceedingly difficult for us to accept the circumcision of the flesh. Every affection, desire, thought, knowledge, intent, worship, and work of the flesh must go to the cross.”

“All regenerated ones should covet spiritual development.”

“What we henceforth hate is our life; what we wholly love is the Lord. Such persons cannot but utter the cry of Mary: "My soul magnifies the Lord" (Luke 1:46). No longer is there self importance, either in public or in private.”