Quotes about Humility

In spiritual matters, the only real glory is in the renunciation of glorifying self.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

God doesn't owe you an explanation or reason for everything he asks you to do. Understanding can wait, but obedience can't.

Servants focus on others, not themselves. This is true humility: not thinking less of ourselves but thinking of ourselves less

God determines greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.

Everything we enjoy is to be treated as a trust that God has placed in our hands. The Bible says, "What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?

Paul said, "You may brag about yourself, but the only approval that counts is the Lord's approval.

Vulnerability is an endearing quality; we are naturally drawn to humble people.

Glory in your weaknesses. Paul said, "I am going to boast only about how weak I am and how great God is to use such weakness for his glory."21

This is because conviction and humility, like faith and doubt, are not opposites; they're dance partners. It's possible to hold your faith with open hands, living with great conviction and yet at the same time humbly admitting that your knowledge and perspective will always be limited.

If anybody didn't have a Messiah complex, it was Jesus.