Quotes about Humility

The more you learn, the more you know that you know nothing.

To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is to acknowledge you are wiser today.

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

He must put aside his pride, his virtue, beauty and life and bow or submit to the absolutely intolerable.

Said a skunk to a tube-rose, "See how swiftly I run, while you cannot walk nor even creep." Said the tube-rose to the skunk, "Oh, most noble swift runner, please run swiftly!"

We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich

One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own.

Judgmental, prophetic lone rangers do not last.

Even when the angel asks him specifically, "Do you not know what these are?" Zechariah answers with humility, "No, my lord." Had Zechariah not responded with humility and openness, he probably would not have gained much from the whole experience. People who think they know it all already cut themselves off from learning anything new.

God has called us to be humble servants committed to a local expression of Christ's Body, diligently studying the Scriptures, praying daily, and being led by the Spirit of Truth into His purposes and individual will for our lives.

Further, it is evident that if pope or other superior command the priest not to preach, who is disposed to do so (as has been said), or the rich not to give alms, the inferior ought not to obey. Wherefore, depending on this command of the Lord, I have not obeyed Pope Alexander's command in regard to not preaching and hence will humbly bear excommunication, confident that I will secure to myself the benediction of my God.

It is possible to acknowledge weaknesses while walking in genuine faith.