Those who fear the Lord do not boast of their good observance. They consider that everything good in them comes not from themselves but from the Lord. They glorify him who is acting in them, saying with the prophet: ‘Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to thy name give the glory.’
— Saint Benedict (480-547)
We should go to prayer with deep humility and an awareness of our nothingness. We must invoke the help of the Holy Spirit and that of our good angel, and then remain still in God’s presence, full of faith that he is more in us than we are in ourselves.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
In order to become an instrument in God’s hands, we must be of no account in our own eyes.
–Saint Angela Merici (1474-1540)
It is on humble souls that God pours down His fullest light and grace. He teaches what scholars cannot learn, and mysteries that the wisest cannot solve He can make plain to them.
–Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
Remember who you are and whose you are.
— Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990)
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
