Pride and Temper

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

- Anonymous -

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The clenched fist of sin

Sin is a clenched fist and its object is the face of God.

- Anonymous -

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The Foundations of Humilty

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundations.

- Augustine -

Published in: on November 2, 2006 at 2:11 am Comments (0)

Contentment and acceptance

Contentment, and indeed usefulness, comes as the infalliable result of great acceptance, great humilities - not of trying to conform to some dramatized version of ourselves.
 
- David Grayson -

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Success

Success has spoiled many a man.
 
- Benjamin Franklin -

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Pride and the act of thanksgiving

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

- Henry Ward Beecher -

Published in: on June 26, 2006 at 1:21 am Comments (0)