Quotes Tagged "humility"

Sometimes it is hard to teach people who are educated than people who haven't even had a formal education.

Religiousity is unself glory not purity

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

All spiritual things are to be treated with sacred dignity. Humility and meekness are in accordance with the life of Christ, but they are to be shown in a dignified way.

Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?

Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless.

Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue.

Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

The antidote to white fragility is ongoing and lifelong and includes sustained engagement, humility, and education.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.

Humility is attentive patience.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.