John Flavel Quotes

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.

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.

Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.

humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

I had it in my mind: to be confident, and to keep saying that until the confidence appeared. But I took it too far. Confidence did help make me champion, but, man, I took it to a whole different level. I was a megalomaniac. I was not humble and it eventually came back on me. So I want my kids to know, keep humbleness and kindness in their hearts. It will prevail.

Be humble, or you'll stumble.

You are not mature if you have a high esteem of yourself. He who boasts in himself is but a babe in Christ, if indeed he be in Christ at all. Young Christians may think much of themselves. Growing Christians think themselves nothing. Mature Christians know that they are less than nothing. The more holy we are, the more we mourn our infirmities, and the humbler is our estimate of ourselves.

If anyone would like to acquire humility, the first step is to realize one is proud. Nothing can be done before it.

If you're not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.

How do I stay humble? Because I'm the best at being humble.

If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.

I can be humbler than anyone.

One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.

We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change.

I have to humble myself.

It is true that I have been studying both humility and pride for many years for the purpose of weakening pride in my own life and cultivating humility by the grace of God.

When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.

For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes.