John Piper Quotes

He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

Personality-wise, I like to avoid putting my pride on parade.

To test a man's ego, simply ask him a complicated question. A good person will never be afraid to admit they don't know the answer to something. And only when a man has fully dismantled his ego, can he begin to be truly good.

Yes, I am proud, and very humble too.

I can't live off the ego.

I have a healthy amount of humility.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

Work at being a humble person.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

So much of how we act and what we do is based on humility or pride - that's everything. And when you can humble yourself, you know, we are more like Christ when we can humble ourselves.

Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.

Only humility can take you places.

Humility is important.

I know it's important to stay humble.

You don't have to be humbled to be humble.

I am someone without an ego.

I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had.

Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.

They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud.

If we were humble, nothing would change us-neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged. If someone would praise us, we also would not feel proud.

Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal.

Such excessive preoccupation with his faults is not a truly spiritual activity but, on the contrary, a highly egoistic one.The recognition of his own faults should make a man humbler, when it is beneficial, not prouder, which the thought that he ought to have been above these faults makes him.

There is no harder lesson for man to learn than the lesson of humility. It is the rarest of all gifts. It is a very rare thing to find a man or woman that is following closely the footsteps of the Master in meekness and humility.