Your young white, who gathers his learning from books and can measure what he knows by the page, may conceit that his knowledge, like his legs, outruns that of his fathers’, but, where experience is the master, the scholar is made to know the value of years, and respects them accordingly.
James Fenimore CooperTags: education youth humility
A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness.
Criss JamiTags: fear paradox strength honesty humility weak weakness denial honest humble correction facing-fear reversal fear-of-failure facing-problems reverse facing lying-to-ourselves strengthening weakening
An exceedingly confident student would in theory make a terrible student. Why would he take school seriously when he feels that he can outwit his teachers?
Criss JamiTags: imagination learning school confidence humility genius arrogance theory teaching pride ego attention students attention-span gifted
Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.
Criss JamiTags: success education natural originality humility authenticity winning creativity discovery pride business skill talents discipline real polish gifted excel niche
The ultimate story of success: When a nobody, who has never once in his entire life known the feeling of being remembered or respected, suddenly snaps and becomes a world dictator. On one hand it sounds just, but on the other, it illustrates the reason why a prosperity message has and needs its limitations.
Criss JamiTags: success reason justice contentment humility story theory respect theology importance honest humble imperfect apologetics content gospel prosperity message limitation dictator illustrate illustration remembered underdog ultimate prosperity-gospel
For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he is fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another.
Criss JamiTags: honesty christianity humility pride imperfections humble imperfect flaws self-righteousness righteousness fearless righteous believer self-righteous
Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.
Criss JamiTags: wisdom knowledge learning humility understanding simplicity information pride development letting-go
The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.
Criss JamiTags: humor knowledge god time work patience humility funny understanding prayer metaphor waiting obedience hard-work cute timing faithfulness omniscience misunderstanding impatience literal praying cookie figurative prudence bigger-picture foreknowledge
All individuals have moral deficiencies, and when introducing these to reality one not only strengthens himself but also the confidence of others in the human exigency for Christ due to a reflection throughout the body of Christ.
Criss JamiTags: honesty reality confidence christianity communication humility sin reflection unity body need humble longing christ moral oneness individuals brokenness exigence strengthen immoral confronting-problems deficiencies
It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption.
Ellis PetersTags: humility forgiveness
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