Humility Quotes - Page 53

We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.

If zeal had been appropriate for putting humanity right, why did God the Word clothe himself in the body, using gentleness and humility in order to bring the world back to his Father?

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of humility and inadequacy in man, whilst encouraging reliance on Divine assistance.

Insecurity prevents young artists from 'flying' and older artists from being 'down to earth.' Young artists should work on their confidence and the older ones on their humility.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.

How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.

If you would like to live in a community in which you may have pride, then dedicate yourself in a spirit of humility and your responsibilities in that community.

The foundation of humility is truth. The humble man sees himself as he is. If his depreciation of himself were untrue,... it wouldnot be praiseworthy, and would be a form of hypocrisy, which is one of the evils of Pride. The man who is falsely humble, we know from our own experience, is one who is falsely proud.

If arrogance is the heady wine of youth, then humility must be its eternal hangover.

...for chess, that superb, cold, infinitely satisfying anodyne to life, I feel the ardour of a lover, the humility of a disciple.

The way of the gospel is a simple way. Some of the requirements may appear to you as elementary and unnecessary. Do not spurn them. Humble yourselves and walk in obedience. I promise that the results that follow will be marvelous to behold and satisfying to experience.

Humility is the luxurious art of reducing ourselves to a point, not to a small thing or a large one, but to a thing with no size at all, so that to it all the cosmic things are what they really are - of immeasurable stature.

Make a virtue of necessity.

Those times when I play on stage in front of lots of people, it's such an unusual and borderline unhealthy process, even though I love it and I really do it with humility. I don't have serfs getting me grapes after, or things like that.

To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.

He who humbles himself wants to be exalted.

Accept that you are that - you are the matchless, eternal reality. That's true seeing, true humility.

Humility means that you have the courage to accept that you are eternity itself.

There is nothing that isn't perfect, the only reason we don't see that perfection constantly is because we lack humility.

If you really have humility when you love, there is only one thought: "What can I do for my beloved?"

If you suffer in love, if you have problems in love, it's because you don't have enough humility.

When you admire others, you become one with them and the world loves you.

Every day work on your humility through your meditation, giving more of yourself, giving those things you don't want to give.