Jesus Christ Quotes

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted, and in consequence, persons lose their balance.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.

I don't choose to be humble.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

When I got successful and people started talking about me, I didn't want anyone thinking I thought I was a 'big time Charlie.'

No amount of praise should go to your head. You should always remain humble.

I'm kinda not one of those people that likes to put up trophies in my house, because I don't want my mom to come be like, 'Hey, you're full of yourself.'

I never wanted to be 'the big I-Am.'

Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.

The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.

Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which they plainly confess, that these Honours were more than their Due, and such as their Friends would not believe if they had not been told: Whereas a Man truly proud, thinks the greatest Honours below his Merit, and consequently scorns to boast. I therefore deliver it as a Maxim that whoever desires the Character of a proud Man, ought to conceal his Vanity.

We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends for modesty, freshness, and simplicity of heart. Whatever may be the reason, we all do warmly respect humility - in other people.

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.