The humility of wisdom is the happy consciousness that all things come from God, are sustained by God, and exist for God. This wisdom is rooted in the pride-destroying, joy-giving cross of Christ.
John PiperTags: wisdom thinking faith humility
Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces pride instead of love is not true thinking.
John PiperTags: thinking love humility pride
a true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart.
Evan MeekinsTags: strength humility fantasy fiction leadership young-adult young-adult-fiction fantasy-fiction young-adult-fantasy
Tim Tebow's Dad turned a screw-up into a testimony when a fire to burn weeds in a field got out of control. With his family still smelling like smoke from containing the fire, he conducted a lesson from verses where James compares danger of speech to an out-of-control spark.
Tim TebowTags: humility speech testimony
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.
Frank Lloyd WrightThe 'HIGHway' to peace is humility!
Evinda LepinsTo turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give.
Randy AlcornTags: learning christianity stories humility stewardship encouragement materialism community boldness giving kingdom example models modelling
While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.
Dietrich BonhoefferTags: humility knowing-god
...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
Timothy J. KellerPride is yet again in the way of our mind’s ability to accept that we may not be the most intelligent and advanced people in the universe or on Earth since it was formed along with the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
Mario StingerTags: intelligence humility atheism universe earth pride
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