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God loves the humble ones, and the humble ones often don’t make it as first-round draft picks for the jobs with big titles or positions. But they always seem to be the first-round picks for God when He’s looking for someone to use in a big way. – Bob Goff

The highest and most profitable lesson is the true knowledge and lowly esteem of ourselves. – Thomas A` Kempis

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble; for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, so it is beloved of none but itself. – Francis Quarles

True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. – C.S. Lewis

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. – Saint Augustine

Be secretly incredible... Secretly incredible people keep what they do one of God’s best-kept secrets because the only one who needs to know, the God of the universe, already knows. ...It’s not about being secretive or mysterious or exclusive. It’s about doing capers without any capes. – Bob Goff

If you plan to build a tall house of virtues, you must first lay deep foundations of humility. – Saint Augustine

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. – Charles Spurgeon

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. – Saint Augustine

A great man is always willing to be little. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you. – C.S. Lewis

Becoming obsessed with what people think is the quickest way to forget about what God thinks. – Craig Groeschel

Humiliation, by definition, is involuntary humility. The danger with humiliation is not in the act of being humiliated. ...the danger is that humility is easily abandoned. It's far too easy to get up and walk away not only from the embarrassment but from all the lessons you could have learned from it. – Carey Nieuwhof

Humility is never attractive to the people who need it most. – Carey Nieuwhof

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