quotations about humility
How happy in his low degree,
How rich in humble poverty, is he,
Who leads a quiet country life;
Discharged of business, void of strife.
JOHN DRYDEN
Imitation of Horace
God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.
JOHN KEBLE
"At Hooker's Tomb"
But above all, to recommend thy heavenly charms, the Son of God disdained not the form of a servant, the humble manger, the ignominious cross, the gloomy sepulchre. O let not man be proud, when God was so humble! Begone from my heart, all self-elating thoughts; hence my ambitious desires. But come holy humility, with all thy amiable train, and fix thy residence in my soul; predominate in my affections. Holy Spirit, make all her enemies her footstool; and teach me to despise myself, except on account of my rational and immortal nature, to spurn under my feet all vain glory, and to pursue the honor that cometh from God only.
WILLIAM MCEWEN
"On Humility", Select Essays Doctrinal & Practical on a Variety of the Most Important and Interesting Subjects in Divinity
Humility before God is man's true glory.
CHARLES THE GREAT
attributed, Day's Collacon
Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.
C. S. LEWIS
The Weight of Glory
Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it.
DAVID RICHO
The Five Things We Cannot Change
Spare the humble, but crush the proud.
VIRGIL
attributed, Day's Collacon