Catholic Quote by Saint Augustine

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

— Saint Augustine

How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.

— Hosea Ballou

The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living

— J. I. Packer

Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is the antidote to this evil.

— Lydia Sigourney

Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one's insistence that he possesses it.

— Kenneth Clark

Humility with energy is often mistaken for pride.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Pride builds walls between people, humility builds bridges.

— Rick Warren

Humility is pride in God.

— Austin O'Malley

For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.

— Anonymous

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

— Ezra Taft Benson

Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.

— J. C. Ryle

“Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real”

— Thomas Merton