humble oneself

I nudged myself to focus on the purpose of the Hajj—to humble oneself before the Creator.

To humble oneself is not an act of humiliation, but one of spiritual grandeur.

Lime, Dec. 23, 1855.—I have found such a true observation in 'Heartsease'—'One must humble oneself in the dust and crawl under the archway before one can enter the beautiful palace.'

What can one do except to humble oneself before such a spirit of self-sacrifice?

Thirty days' repose, practically alone amid one of nature's greatest solitudes, awed by her silences, uplifted by the majesty of her mighty forces, with naught to do but humble oneself before the consciousness of his own littleness and unfitness, and study how to right the wrongs he has done.