Sentence examples for act of humility from inspiring English sources

"It would be an act of humility".

It was an act of humility and contrition, and certainly Mr. Mayer's only option.

An act of humility as we travail "the inferno of the living".

Was that public act of humility enough to get you back in the queue for an ethically sourced skinny latte?

All these people have one thing in common: the instinct that worship should be an act of humility, not hubris.

Experimentation is an act of humility, an acknowledgment that there is simply no way of knowing without trying something different.

At age 20, Webber dulled the hatchets with postgame acts of humility and remorse after calling the Timeout to Remember in 1993.

And since the perfidious enemies of your Christ disparage his death more than his other acts of humility, in adorning the monument of his death with a miracle of such light you demonstrate how great is the darkness of error in which they are confined.

In a young papacy defined by his acts of humility, calls for mercy and concern for the poor, Francis has won over many who live firmly in other faiths.

Serving as a counterpoint to a prevailing cultural ethos that too readily equates strength with acts of self-empowerment and self-aggrandizement, it is a reminder of a "quieter" strength, one that doesn't seek the world's attention and approval, but instead manifests itself in acts of humility, sacrifice and loving kindness when no one is looking.

"It's an act of extraordinary humility.