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Humility Quotes by Andrew Murray
- Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against…
- Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you.
- Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root of every virtue.…
- The root of all virtue and grace, of all faith and acceptable worship, is that we know that we have nothing but what we receive,…
- Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that…
- The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with…
- Humility is nothing but the disappearance of self in the vision that God is all.
- Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God.
- Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.
More Humility Quotes
- It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. — Saint Augustine
- Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of… — Saint Augustine
- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
- Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first… — Saint Augustine
- There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. — Saint Augustine
- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen
- There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some… — Alfred Austin
- Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. — Teresa of Avila
- There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. — Teresa of Avila
- We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in… — Teresa of Avila
- The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. — Teresa of Avila
- To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. — Teresa of Avila