The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself or less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
– Tim Keller
God | The Gospel | Humility | Pride | Sin
If you plan to build a tall house of virtues, you must first lay deep foundations of humlilty.
– Augustine
Humility | Virtue
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
– Francis de Sales
Humility
Loving God – really loving Him – means living out His commands no matter what the cost.
– Chuck Colson
Humility
God cannot fix whoever is first not broken.
– Jack Wellman
Repentance | Humility
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.
– Dwight L. Moody
Humility
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
– Augustine
Angels | Pride | Humility
Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God’s strength in you.
– Joni Eareckson Tada
Humility | Weakness | Strength
We had long known the Lord without realizing that meekness and lowliness of heart should be the distinguishing feature of the disciple.
– Andrew Murray
Humility | Meekness | The Heart
Sin came through the pride of Lucifer and salvation came through the humility of Jesus.
– Zac Poonen
Sin | Pride | Humility
If the Lord’s people will humble themselves by admitting that deception is quite possible to them, they will be the less deceived.
– Watchman Nee
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.
– J.I. Packer
Humility | Wisdom
They that know God will be humble, and they that know themselves, cannot be proud.
– John Flavel
Humility
Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love.
– John Wesley
Humility | Patience
God walks with the humble; he reveals himself to the lowly; he gives understanding to the little ones; he discloses his meaning to pure minds, but hides his grace from the curious and the proud.
– Thomas a Kempis
Humility
Men compare themselves with men, and readily with the worst, and flatter themselves with that comparative betterness. This is not the way to see spots, to look into the muddy streams of profane men’s lives; but look into the clear fountain of the Word, and there we may both discern and wash them; and consider the infinite holiness of God, and this will humble us to the dust.
– Robert Leighton
Humility | Discernment
Humility of heart is the first step to salvation.
– Zac Poonen
Humility
I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that He is indeed our Master.
– John Newton
Love | Humility
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself one way or the other at all.
– William Temple
Humility
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.
– Hannah More
Gratitude | Humility
Every now and again, Our Lord lets us see what we would be like if it were not for Himself; it is a justification of what He said – “Without Me you can do nothing.” That is why the bedrock of Christianity is personal, passionate devotion to the Lord Jesus.
– Oswald Chambers
Humility
Either humble yourself or God may have to do it for you.
– Jack Wellman
Humility
The most critical need of the church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer and much humility, the coming again of men made of the stuff of which prophets and martyrs are made.
– A. W. Tozer
Men | Humility
A humble person is more likely to be self confident… a person with real humility knows how much they are loved.
– Cornelius Plantinga
Humility | Self-confidence
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
– Thomas a Kempis
HumilityPerseveranceOvercoming
One of our troubles is we are not willing to humble ourselves. We are not willing to give up our opinions as to how things should be done.
– Mordecai Ham
Humility | Pride
All regenerated ones should covet spiritual development.
– Watchman Nee
Humility
Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.
– Blaise Pascal
Humility
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
– George Washington Carver
Achievement | Humility
Do not be impatient for impatience is of the flesh. Do not try different methods because they are useful solely in helping the flesh. We must distrust the flesh entirely.
– Watchman Nee
ImpatienceHumility
Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without despair.
– Blaise Pascal
Humility
I’m not perfect in my walk but I want to do the right thing.
– Kirk Cameron
Humility | Obedience
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Service | Humility
The voice of humility is God’s music, and the silence of humility is God’s rhetoric.
– Francis Quarles
Humility | Music
Keep us little and unknown, prized and loved by God alone.
– Charles Wesley
Humility
The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.
– John C. Maxwell
Humility | Attitude | Responsibility
It’s not about you!
– Rick Warren
Humility
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.
– John Bunyan
Humility
I know that, as night and shadows are good for flowers, and moonlight and dews are better than a continual sun, so is Christ’s absence of special use, and that it hath some nourishing virtue in it, and giveth sap to humility, and putteth an edge on hunger, and funisheth a fairfield to faith to put forth itself, and to exercise its fingers in gripping it seeth not what.
– Samuel Rutherford
Humility
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.
– Chip Ingram
Humility | Forgiveness
True humility is able to look at God and proceed on.
– Watchman Nee
Humility
Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?
– Thomas a Kempis
Patience | Humility
The source of humility is the habit of realizing the presence of God.
– William Temple
Humility
The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.
– Henry Ward Beecher
Humility | Good and Evil
Whenever we receive Communion, we must do so in humility and brokenness before God. We must rejoice and be grateful and thankful for our salvation.
– Michael Youssef
Humility | Brokenness
Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil’s reach as humility.
– Jonathan Edwards
Humility | Satan
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.
– J.I. Packer
Humility
Unless believers appreciate their own weakness, that is, know how incompetent they are in themselves to encounter the supernatural, they shall be deceived.
– Watchman Nee
Humility | Weakness | Deception
When the corn is nearly ripe it bows the head and stoops lower than when it was green. When the people of God are near ripe for heaven, they grow more humble and self-denying… Paul had one foot in heaven when he called himself the chiefest of sinners and least of saints.
– John Flavel
Humility
Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand, and a closed mouth.
– Francis Quarles
Charity | Humility
If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians.
– William Law
Christians | Humility | Self-denial
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
– Zig Ziglar
Humility
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow.
– Henry Ward Beecher
Pride | Humility | Thankfulness
Humility is truth.
– Desiderius Erasmus
Humility
The essence of Gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
– Tim Keller
Humility | Pride
Pride builds walls between people, humility builds bridges.
– Rick Warren
Pride | Humility
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.
– George Whitefield
Humility | Weakness
We had long known the Lord without realizing that meekness and lowliness of heart should be the distinguishing feature of the disciple.
– Andrew Murray
Humility | Meekness | The Heart
The people of the Lord in humility are to lay themselves and their prayers, and all that they have, at the foot of their God, to be disposed of by him as he in his heavenly wisdom seeth best. Yet not doubting but God will answer the desire of his people that way that shall be most for their advantage and his glory. When the saints therefore do pray with submission to the will of God, it doth not argue that they are to doubt or question God’s love and kindness to them. But because they at all times are not so wise, but that sometimes Satan may get that advantage of them, as to tempt them to pray for that which, if they had it, would neither prove to God’s glory nor his people’s good.
– John Bunyan
Humility | Doubt | Submission
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
– Thomas a Kempis
Humility | Weakness
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.
– Richard Cecil
Wisdom | Humility | Wealth
It is an invariable maxim in his kingdom, that whosoever exalts himself, shall be abased; but he that humbles himself, shall be exalted.
– John Newton
Pride | Humility
The right manner of growth is to grow less in one’s own eyes.
– Thomas Watson
Humility | Growth
The only shame is to have none.
– Blaise Pascal
Humility
Now should the Christian be deceived already, then he fights to regain his freedom. If not, then he strives to rescue others and to prevent the foe from attacking.
– Watchman Nee
Humility | Satan | Freedom
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
– Blaise Pascal
Humility
Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
– John Calvin
Brokenness | Humility | The Gospel
If what they are saying about you is true, mend your ways. If it isn’t true, forget it, and go on and serve the Lord.
– Harry Ironside
Humility | Service
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
– Blaise Pascal
Humility
Do you think the devil is impressed by anyone’s Bible knowledge or degree-certificates? Not at all. Satan fears only holy, humble men and women who know God.
– Zac Poonen
Humility
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.
– Thomas a Kempi
Selfishness | Humility
God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.
– Thomas Brooks
Humility
The most holy men are always the most humble men; none so humble on earth as those that live highest in heaven.
– James H. Aughey
Humility | Men
How can God stoop lower than to come and dwell with a poor humble soul? which is more than if he had said, such a one should dwell with him; for a beggar to live at court is not so much as the king to dwell with him in his cottage.
– William Gurnall
Humility
He that is down need fear no fall.
– John Bunyan
Humility
We must lay before him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.
– C.S. Lewis
Humility
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
– Tim Keller
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We may easily be too big for God to use, but never too small.
– Dwight L. Moody
Humility
Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.
– Francois Fenelon
Humility
The best definition of humility I ever heard was this – to think rightly of ourselves.
– Charles Spurgeon
Humility
It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women – but he can think of them as he ought – as sisters, not as sparring partners.
– Jim Elliot
Friendship | Humility | Women
He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.
– Thomas a Kempis
Humility
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
– Assorted Authors
Humility
The poor in spirit views himself as possessing nothing.
– Watchman Nee
Humility
If you are not willing to take the shame on yourself, you then let it remain on Jesus Christ. You must bear the reproach of your sinful state of indifference, or the cause of our Master must bear it.
– Mordecai Ham
Humility
The greatest test of whether the holiness we profess to seek or to attain is truth and life will be whether it produces an increasing humility in us. In man, humility is the one thing needed to allow God’s holiness to dwell in him and shine through him. The chief mark of counterfeit holiness is lack of humility. The holiest will be the humblest.
– Andrew Murray
Holiness | Humility
My fall was not the result of one single and consistent wrong-minded decision, but rather it was an accumulation of My fall came as a consequences to acknowledge my need for a Savior.
– RM Harrington
Humility | Faith
Their more lowly paths have been allotted to them by the hand of God. It is their part faithfully to discharge its duties, and contentedly to bear its inconveniences.
– William Wilberforce
Humility
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
– John C. Maxwell
Humility | Stubbornness
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.
– E.M. Bounds
Prayer | Faith | Humility
Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate is no more than earthenware.
– Robert Leighton
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.
– Watchman Nee
Attitude | Humility | The Cross
Unwillingness to accept God’s “way of escape” from temptation frightens me what a rebel yet resides within.
– Jim Elliot
Humility | Temptation | Rebellion
Forgive thyself little and others much.
– Robert Leighton
Forgiveness | Humility
Timidity is not humility. While humility is self-forgetfulness completely- a forgetting both its weakness and strength-timidity recalls all the weakness and hence is self-remembering. God does not delight in our cowardice and withdrawal.
– Watchman Nee
Humility | Weakness
Keep your heart as you would a prisoner.
– Thomas Watson
Humility | The Heart
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!
– Charles Spurgeon
Humility
Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.
– C.S. Lewis
Humility | Modesty
The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with us in our daily conduct.
– Andrew Murray
Prayer | Humility
There is nothing in the world that works such satanic, profound, God-defiant pride as false assurance; nothing works such utter humility, or brings to such utter self-emptiness, as the child-like spirit of true assurance.
– A. A. Hodge
Humility | Assurance