J. C. Ryle Quotes

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

Pride sings and dances; humility sighs.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

One may be humble out of pride.

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

Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.

Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble.

Pride leaves no room for grace.

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

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.

Pride is like the beautiful acacia, that lifts its head proudly above its neighbor plants-forgetting that it too, like them, has its roots in the dirt.

Love's humility is love's true pride.

There's a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It's deceptive because when you have pride, you're usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn't sell well.

I think we were always humble.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

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.

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

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

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

At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin.

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.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.