All SAINT AUGUSTINE Quotes about “Humility”

“You wish to be great, begin from the least. You are thinking to construct some mighty fabric in height; first think of the foundation of humility. And how great soever a mass of building one may wish and design to place above it, the greater the building is to be, the deeper does he dig his foundation.”
“You wish to be great, begin from the least. You are thinking to construct some mighty fabric in height; first think of the foundation of humility. And how great soever a mass of building one may wish and design to place above it, the greater the building is to be, the deeper does he dig his foundation.”
“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Modest humility is beauty's crown.”
“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Modest humility is beauty's crown.”
“The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.”
“The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.”
“Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.”
“Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.”
“There never can have been, and never can be, and there never shall be any sin without pride.”
“There never can have been, and never can be, and there never shall be any sin without pride.”
“I make bold to say that it is profitable for the proud to fall, in order that they may be humbled in that for which they have exalted themselves.”
“I make bold to say that it is profitable for the proud to fall, in order that they may be humbled in that for which they have exalted themselves.”
“...If humility does not precede all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.”
“...If humility does not precede all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.”
“In our own times, you see, an emperor came to the city of Rome, where there's the temple of an emperor, where there's a fisherman's tomb. And so that pious and Christian emperor, wishing to beg for health, for salvation from the Lord, did not proceed to the temple of a proud emperor, but to the tomb of a fisherman, where he could imitate that fisherman in humility, so that he, being thus approached, might then obtain something from the Lord, which a haughty emperor would be quite unable to earn.”
“In our own times, you see, an emperor came to the city of Rome, where there's the temple of an emperor, where there's a fisherman's tomb. And so that pious and Christian emperor, wishing to beg for health, for salvation from the Lord, did not proceed to the temple of a proud emperor, but to the tomb of a fisherman, where he could imitate that fisherman in humility, so that he, being thus approached, might then obtain something from the Lord, which a haughty emperor would be quite unable to earn.”

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