Quotes for All
The evidence of our acceptance in the Beloved rises in proportion to our love, to our repentance, to our humility, to our faith, to our self-denial, to our delight in duty. Other evidence than this the Bible knows not God has not given. Gardiner Spring
To the humble, the Lord has given this promise: If men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me. Ezra Taft Benson
Humility responds to God’s will-to the fear of His judgments and to the needs of those around us. To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts. Someone has said, Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having … Read more
Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous. Ezra Taft Benson
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings. Ezra Taft Benson
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right. Ezra Taft Benson
though humility and acknowledgement of one’s real failings is good, the gratuitous eating of worms not put before us by God does not nourish our souls a bit – merely in fact upsets the spiritual tummy. Evelyn Underhill
Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven – of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best. Euripides
The Latin words humus, soil/earth, and homo, human being, have a common derivation, from which we also get our word ‘humble.’ This is the Genesis origin of who we are: dust – dust that the Lord God used to make us a human being. If we cultivate a lively sense of our origin and nurture … Read more
A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. Eugene Delacroix