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Humble Quotes by Thomas a Kempis
- The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.
- The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
- Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. If you cannot contemplate high and heavenly things,…
- Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a…
- Love is a great thing...which alone maketh every burden light.. Love is watchful, and while sleeping, still keeps watch; though fatigued, it is not weary;…
- If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate…
- Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay.
- A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.
- An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
More Humble Quotes
- There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. — Saint Augustine
- I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it? — Joan Baez
- The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. — James M. Barrie
- Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. — Joseph Addison
- The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune. — Joseph Addison
- Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in… — Pope Benedict XVI
- The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person… — Ezra Taft Benson
- To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts. — Ezra Taft Benson
- If I was freer than I had ever been in my life, I was not yet entirely free, for I still hung… — Wendell Berry
- I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers… — Norman Borlaug
- The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real… — Phillips Brooks