Saint Augustine Quotes

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.

God can show you just what you need to give, even if you don't know exactly why you're giving it. That's why we should always seek God and prepare to give Him our very best.

One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

Humility may well be one of the most difficult of the fruit of the Spirit to be cultivated in us - and to maintain. That's because without humility, it's not likely that you will put your complete trust in God.

My journey has been good, and by God's grace, I have not changed.

Secretly incredible people keep what they do as one of God's best-kept secrets because the only one who needs to know - the God of the universe - already knows.

The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven.

A humble person is not one who thinks little of himself, hangs his head and says, "I'm nothing." Rather, he is one who depends wholly on the Lord for everything, in every circumstance.

God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.

We may live victoriously, not because we have any power within ourselves, but because when we give ourselves to God, He gives himself to us.

Only the Holy Spirit has the power to make the changes God wants to make in our lives.... We allow Christ to live through us... through the choices we make. We choose to do the right thing in situations and then trust God's Spirit to give us his power, love, faith, and wisdom to do it. Since God's Spirit lives inside of us, these things are always available for asking.

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

Prayer is a privilege and the soul's sincere desire. We can move beyond routine and 'checklist' prayers and engage in meaningful prayer as we appropriately ask in faith and act, as we patiently persevere through the trial of our faith, and as we humbly acknowledge and accept 'not my will, but Thine, be done.'

I never dwell on what I've personally achieved.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

I don't think there's anyone who would say they don't want or need more of God's power in their life.

If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.

I must consider myself as the man of the cross and love the one that God gives me without thinking any further.

We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.

Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.

My aim is just to remain as humble and as godly as I can be.