quotations about humility
Pride juggles with her toppling towers,
They strike the sun and cease,
But the firm feet of humility
They grip the ground like trees.
G.K. CHESTERTON
The Ballad of the White Horse
Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a
thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.
WASHINGTON ALLSTON
Lectures on Art and Poems
God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.
JOHN KEBLE
"At Hooker's Tomb"
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