“For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exhaled.” Luke 14:11
Pride is your greatest enemy, humility is your greatest friend. John R.W. Stott
“God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5
Attitudes are crucial. We have hope from them and we have defeat from them. And a whole list of other issues as well. The opposite of humility is arrogance. It’s self-centeredness with an attitude. Attitude helps build and destroy relationships.
One of partners of humility is love. The more we love people, the less arrogant we tend to be.
People often wonder what humility means or what the definition of humility is. Humility is living with a realistic assessment of yourself. Andrew Murray gave a near-perfect definition of humility: Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and be at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble.
Humility is not necessarily thinking less of yourself; it is thinking more of others. You don’t have to neglect yourself or deny yourself or your gifts. You simply spend more time thinking about others than about yourself. I’m not talking about daydreaming, but thinking about others first, yourself second. The humble person is not one who thinks meanly of himself, he simply does not think of himself at all. In the Bible, humility or humbleness is a quality of being courteously respectful of others. It is the opposite of aggressiveness, arrogance, boastfulness, and vanity. Rather than “Me first,” humility allows us to say, “No, you first, my friend.” Humility is the quality that lets us go more than halfway to meet the needs and demands of others.