Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows

Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows

I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.

I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.

When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.

When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.

Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.

God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.