Humility may well be one of the most difficult of the fruit of the Spirit to be cultivated in us – and to maintain. That’s because without humility, it’s not likely that you will put your complete trust in God.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

The chimpanzee study was – well, it’s still going on, and I think it’s taught us perhaps more than anything else to be a little humble; that we are, indeed, unique primates, we humans, but we’re simply not as different from the rest of the animal kingdom as we used to think.

If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.

I’ve never seen myself as a star. I never call myself a celebrity or a superstar, whatever.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

I haven’t written my own epitaph, and I’m not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

If you will do what God tells you to do, there’s no person on Earth and no devil in Hell that can keep you from having what God wants you to have.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Joanne‘ is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous.

I’m not the judge. You know, God didn’t tell me to go around judging everybody.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

I’ve never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I’ve wanted the music to do that.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

I don’t need to be vindicated, and I don’t want attention.

Have we been going up and down in business, and are those round about us as yet unaware of our Christian character? Have we never spoken to them the Word of Life? Lord, arouse us to a deep concern for all with whom we come in contact from day to day.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

Spend more time in study and prayer. That’s the secret of successful evangelism.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

I don’t think I’m such an amazing person who needs to be written about.

In prayer, we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And shall we come there with stunted requests and narrow, contracted faith?

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

I don’t know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I’m a great gift to the world. I’ve been very fortunate.

I’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.

I said I was ‚The Greatest,‘ I never said I was the smartest!

Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.

If you want to live in the fullness of God’s anointing, fill your mouth with His Word.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you look at my job, my union card, it says ‚actor.‘ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

Say not, ‚I have found the truth,‘ but rather, ‚I have found a truth.‘

As you read or listen to God’s Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

When you make a mistake and the devil comes and tells you ‚You’re no good,‘ you don’t have to take on the guilt and condemnation he wants to put on you. No! You can immediately confess your mistake to God, thank Him for forgiving you and cleansing you with the blood of Jesus, and move forward in the victory of His grace and forgiveness.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.

If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it.

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

Everything God tells us to do is for our good. Whether it’s direction you get in His Word or something He’s specifically put in your heart for your situation in life, the absolute best thing you can ever do is obey Him promptly and completely.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

I’ve never professed to be anything but an average student.

When you align yourself with God’s purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.