Quotes on Humility

Below is a selection of short quotes on the subject of humility.


“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a sunhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it.” ~ C.S. Lewis

“Keep us little and unknown, prized and loved by God alone.” ~ Charles Wesley

"It is the laden bough that hangs low, and the most fruitful Christian who is the most humble." ~ Unknown

“Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.” ~ Francois Fenelon

“Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are the graces about which there is no mystery, and they are within reach of all classes. The poorest Christian can every day find occasion for practicing love and humility.” ~ J.C. Ryle

“He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.” ~ John Bunyan

“Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.” ~ Thomas a Kempis

“I am only a wick... It is only when the wick is soaked in oil that it can burn... If people begin to talk about the wick, there is generally something wrong with the burning.” ~ D. H. Dolman