Jim Wallis Quotes

There is a cleansing humility about doubt.

I am not God. Nor am I Phantom. I am ready to accept any criticism. I have been in politics for decades. Each and every day, in several media, there is criticism of me.

If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.

I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.

I don't think of myself as a role model, but I can see that I am.

Considering I'm a young president, I wouldn't like to make an evaluation of myself. It's not my job to do that.

The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves.

I don't think of myself as a role model.

I'm not above criticism.

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

We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.

I learned, especially from my mother, to respect the profession and take it seriously, but not take yourself too seriously.

I have come to one conclusion: All that I am, all that I aspire to be, all that I was before, is by the grace of God. There are so many women in Africa, and outside Africa, who are more intelligent than I am.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

Men must know their limitations.

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

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

And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

I'm not a god - I do bad things.

I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.

The presence of any humility in my life is purely and completely an evidence of God's grace. From my perspective, I am not a humble man. I am a proud man pursuing humility by the grace of God.