Andy Stanley Quotes

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

Be humble, or you'll stumble.

People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less.

Just when you are most desirous of being deemed great, innumerable little things are sure to happen which not only reduce you to your true dimensions but bring you below them

You never can stay enough humbled.

Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees.

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

It's nice to see arrogance humbled.

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

I want to be aware of how I treat others, not thinking too highly of myself to be a servant in a culture which tries to place me on a throne that only God should sit.

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

No man is great if he thinks he is.

Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.

I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.

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.

I have no business carrying myself like some diva.

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.

I was a young, new, hot star, and I had this unbelievable arrogance. As time went on, the strident narcissism and arrogance slowly diminished. But I was definitely there. I'm older now. And a big crybaby.

Be humble, don't have too much pride and think you're too good for anything.

Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off.

There are a lot of people very sure of themselves that need to be brought back down to Earth. As good as they think they are, they're really not.

You have seen in football that if you start to think you are the 'Special One,' or that you are better than the others, that is the moment when you will be beaten.

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