Quotessence
Home / Topics / Humility Quotes

Humility Quotes

Browse 4421 quotes about Humility.

Related topics

MenIfsHumblePridePeopleKnowsThinkingSelfWorldVirtueWayHeartMeanGivingMayChristianPersonsShouldFirstsBuddhismNeedsDoeInspirationalGraceFeelsHumansBe HumbleSpiritModestySoulSpiritualAcceptingMindBelieveCompassionTrue HumilityLittlesProudQualityEgoLordRealTeachWantGreatnessLifeChristian HumilityImportantChildrenWellsIntegrityChristSpeakKindReligiousValuesArroganceDesireLongGratitudeHandsWeaknessHumility And ModestyMadeMomentsPride And HumilityUnderstandingDoneFallShowsSinEnoughLooksMightPrayerStillsCharityHelpingUniverseWisdomAsksFactsHeavenHonestyTryingWishHas BeensHigherJesusOrderRealizingReasonSaintAttitudeCatholicChristian InspirationalDoubtFormHonorPracticemore

Humility Quotes

“Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs - everything, because through them, she learns humility, realizes her weakness. Everything is a grace because everything is God's gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events - to the heart that loves, all is well.”

NeedsWellsHeartSoulCharacterInspirationFaithFatherRealizingGraceEffectsEventsHumilityWeaknessDirectDifficultyMiseryBurdenChristian InspirationalUnexpectedContradictionHumiliationOur FatherUnexpected EventsDirect Effect
Author:Therese of Lisieux
Create image

“In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life.”

LoveLifeHumansMaySoulHappinessSpiritualSuccessIndividualSocialEasyWealthHuman BeingsAttitudeQualityFamilyProgressInfluenceHonestyPositionHumilityJudgingDevelopmentPureStandardsFoundationSimplicityAbsenceFactorsVanityGenerosityBeing HonestInternalsSincerityCrucialSpiritual LifePopularityFamily LifeReadinessAssessing
Author:Nelson Mandela
Create image

“Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his Bible; so without that, without humility, no man shall hear God speak to his soul, though he hear three two-hour sermons every day.”

MenTwoSoulWholeNightThreeSpeakHoursHumilityHolinessHumiliationSermonsSanctification
Book:The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life
Create image

“It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is the beginning of blessedness and the consummation of humility is the perfection of all joy. Humility contains in itself the answer to all the great problems of the life of the soul. It is the only key to faith, with which the spiritual life begins: for faith and humility are inseparable. In perfect humility all selfishness disappears and your soul no longer lives for itself or in itself for God: and it is lost and submerged in Him and transformed into Him.”

SoulProblemSpiritualJoyValuesLostAnswersPerfectImpossibleHumilityKeysPerfectionDisappearSelfishnessYour SoulSpiritual LifeTransformedInseparableOverestimateSubmergedBlessednessTrue HumilityLonger Life
Book:New Seeds of Contemplation
Create image

“When you are filled with soul energy you become magnetic." 11 Teachings to help on the journey to Soul Realization: (1) Practive humility; (2) Give up pride and self-delusion; (3) Practice loving kindness; (4) Give up anger, hatred and vindictiveness; (5) Practice generosity; (6) Avoid greed and stealing in its different aspects; (7) Practice honesty; (8) Avoid maliciousness and exploiting lies; (9)Practice moderation; (10) Avoid excessiveness; (11) Do not allow yourself to be enslaved by your lower nature”

GivingDifferentSoulSelfHelpingLyingEnergyPracticeKindnessJourneyTeachingHonestyHumilityPrideGiving UpAspectHatredFilledGreedStealingRealizationGenerosityDelusionModerationMagneticLoving KindnessSelf DelusionVindictivenessExcessiveness
Author:Choa Kok Sui
Create image

“What joy is ours that the Lord not only forgives our sins ,but allows the soul to know Him, so soon as she humbles herself. The poorest wretch can humble himself and know God in the Holy Spirit. There is no need of money or posessions in order to know God, only humility. The Lord gives Himself freely, for His mercy's sake alone. I did not know this before but now every day and every hour every minute, I see clearly the mercy of God. The Lord gives peace even in sleep, but without God there is no peace in the soul.”

KnowsLoveNeedsGivingSoulTruthJoySpiritOrderPeaceHoursSleepSinLordMinutesHumilityHolyMercyForgivingSakeHumbleHoly SpiritKnowing GodPoorestWithout GodMercy Of God
Author:Silouan the Athonite
Create image

“Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For my part, when I find a man secure of himself and without fear, I give him up for lost. I am less alarmed for one who is tempted and who resists by avoiding the occasions, than for one who is not tempted and is not careful to avoid occasions. When a person puts himself in an occasion, saying, I shall not fall, it is an almost infallible sign that he will fall, and with great injury to his soul.”

MenGivingPersonsSoulMatterFallLostGreaterDangerHumilityCatholicCarefulSecureOccasionsPurityInjuryAvoidingTemptedChastityInfallibleChastity PurityPurity And Love
Author:Philip Neri
Create image

“Then God came to the woman and said to her, "Why did you not keep the commandment?" as if He wanted to say, "At least you, say forgive me, so as to humble your soul and to receive mercy." Again, there was no request for forgiveness. She also answered, "The serpent deceived me," as if she wanted to say, "If the serpent sinned, where is my mistake?"”

IfsSaidSoulWantedMistakeHumilityMercyForgivingHumbleYour SoulCommandmentsDeceivedRequestSerpentMy MistakesForgive Me
Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
Create image