As long as you are proud, you cannot know God.

The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of…

— Thomas Merton

Christian humility does not consist in denying what there is of good in us; but in an abiding sense of ill-desert, and in the…

— Charles Hodge

God descends to the humble as waters flow down from the hills into the valleys.

— Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow

If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining…

— Anonymous

The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does…

— Vincent de Paul

We should not lose ourselves in vainglorious sohemes for changing human nature all over the planet. Rather, we should learn to view ourselves with…

— George F. Kennan

Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.

— Stanley Hauerwas

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

— Solomon

Do not become a disciple of one who praises himself, in case you learn pride instead of humility.

— Mark the Evangelist

If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one…

— C. S. Lewis

The surest mark of true conversion is humility.

— J. C. Ryle

“This realization is much like Donald Miller's awakening after a day of protesting President Bush: "More than my questions about the efficacy of social…

— Dennis Okholm

We must shift our allegiances from fear to curiosity, from attachment to letting go, from control to trust, and from entitlement to humility.

— Angeles Arrien

The victorious Christian neither exalts nor downgrades himself. His interests have shifted from self to Christ.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then…

— Anthony the Great