Lauryn Hill Quotes

If we constantly give God the glory, then we don't have any glory to keep for ourselves.

The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage, but to give the more glory to God's Divine Majesty, and to esteem one's neighbour more highly than one's self.

It is, perhaps, one of the hardest struggles of the Christian life to learn this sentence-- "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name be glory."

Elisabeth, again, while she praises her, is so far from hiding the Divine glory, that she ascribes everything to God. And yet, though she acknowledges the superiority of Mary to herself and to others, she does not envy her the higher distinction, but modestly declares that she had obtained more than she deserved.

O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord.

It is not humility to underrate yourself. Humility is to think of yourself as God thinks of you. It is to feel that if we have talents God has given them to us. And let it be seen that, like freight in a vessel, they tend to sink us low. The more we have, the lower we ought to lie.

Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God may remember them.

Praise is the Rehearsal of Our eternal Song By Grace We learn to Sing, and in Glory We Continue to Sing.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

That man is truly humble who neither claims any personal merit in the sight of God, nor proudly despises brethren, or aims at being thought superior to them, but reckons it enough that he is one of the members of Christ, and desires nothing more than that the Head alone should be exalted.

Men and Women of Christ magnify their callings without magnifying themselves.

To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.

Humility is a natural symptom of those who love God.

Humility is not a part of devotional service, it is the heart of devotional service.

I never think about my own stats, as long as I'm contributing to the team.

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world

Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus

Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow.

The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God.

Jesus had a humble heart. If He abides in us, pride will never dominate our lives.

We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.

We don’t discover humility by thinking less of ourselves; we discover humility by thinking less about ourselves.

Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away from our little selves and making us think of ourselves as the lowest and the least, and, therefore, it is all good. Here we find that Jnâna, Bhakti, and Karma - all come to one point.

Say much of what the Lord has done for you, but say little of what you have done for the Lord.

The moment we glorify ourselves, since there is room for one glory only in the universe, we set ourselves up as rivals to the Most High.