God protect me from the lazy, selfish and ungrateful.
Habeeb AkandeTags: selfish laziness ungratefulness
These are the few ways we can practice humility:
To speak as little as possible of one's self.
To mind one's own business.
Not to want to manage other people's affairs.
To avoid curiosity.
To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully.
To pass over the mistakes of others.
To accept insults and injuries.
To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.
To be kind and gentle even under provocation.
Never to stand on one's dignity.
To choose always the hardest.
Tags: acceptance selfish humility curiosity mistakes forgiveness difficulty quiet injury gossip humble forgotten dislike insult dignity rejection kind cheerful gentle bossy provocation
Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference.
James A. MichenerTags: writing writers difference write work selfish self goal book writer print
Every new encounter provides a new mirror for me to view my own experiences through, and there is a level of selfishness during this period as I hunger to understand more about the girls' lives in order to understand mine. If I could figure out what had happened to them, perhaps I had a better chance of explaining it all to myself.
Rachel LloydTags: girls selfish understand mirror experiences
...don't be self-conscious - other people are completely unaware of you and more concerned with how they appear ...
John GeddesTags: confidence selfish self-realization unaware self-conscious
...if I try to make only enough money for my family' immediate needs, it may violate Scripture. ...Even though earning just enough to meet the needs of my family may seem nonmaterialistic, it's actually selfish when I could earn enough to care for others as well.
Randy AlcornTags: money family scripture selfish stewardship materialism others needs caring enough earning more
Giving up everything must mean giving over everything to kingdom purposes, surrendering everything to further the one central cause, loosening our grip on everything. For some of us, this may mean ridding ourselves of most of our possessions. But for all of us it should mean dedicating everything we retain to further the kingdom. (For true disciples, however, it cannot mean hoarding or using kingdom assets self-indulgently.)
Randy AlcornTags: purpose selfish cause possessions hoarding giving sharing kingdom surrender discipleship grip
Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?
Randy AlcornTags: future present love compassion justice selfish stewardship need labor hoarding sharing caring neighbor saving current
When outsiders criticize Americans, they regularly note that we seem self-centered, which we are. But few contend we are selfish, and with good reason; we are not.
Harry BeckwithTags: selfish american-culture self-centered
I’m a cold-hearted bastard. I’m insular, I’m jaded, a workaholic, I’m ruthless and I’m self-serving. I don’t do forever, I rarely even do “I’ll call you tomorrow”. And just because I’m here now it does not mean if you ask me to stay I will.
Ally BlakeTags: selfish relationship ruthless jaded cold-hearted
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