humble actions Quotes

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. (Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum.)

The Lord ate from a common bowl, and asked the disciples to sit on the grass. He washed their feet, with a towel wrapped around His waist - He, who is the Lord of the universe!

Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth.

If you should ask me what are the ways of God, I would tell you that the first is humility, the second is humility, and the third is humility. Not that there are no other precepts to give, but if humility does not preceed all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.

It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .