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Gradually train yourself to show your love for Him by asking for His grace. Offer your heart to Him at every moment
— Brother Lawrence
Our heavenly Father is great in mercy, He feeds and clothes us everyday, We will worship and humbly learn from him For our Lord clothes the grass of the field.
— Brother Yun
Showing off is the fools's idea of glory.
— Bruce Lee
however baby man may brag of his science and skill, and however much, in a flattering future, that science and skill may augment; yet for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make;
— Herman Melville
When we humans attempt to humble others, we tend to do harm in the process. We humiliate in ways that either tear down and destroy a person or propel a person in self-defense toward greater expressions of pride or self-exaltation. Only God has the capacity to cause the precise internal and external circumstances that will bring a person to appropriate humility.
— Hugh Ross
Only God possesses the love and wisdom necessary to deal with human pride in a consistently constructive manner.
— Hugh Ross
As a young man, I had a strong faith in God. It dwindled and I pretty much abandoned it when I went to college. Basically, what I tell everybody is what took over my life was my pride.
— Ted DiBiase Sr.
Look, I happen to agree with what George says about the interpretation of the New Testament, but I want to remind both of you to never play God.
— Billy Graham
Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. It's just straight-out ego gratification - how important I am; whether my name gets on the building or on the TV program or in the magazine article.
— Richard Foster
Humble yourself, and you will find that Love is spreading a carpet of flowers beneath your feet.
— Hannah Hurnard
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
— Thomas Jefferson
Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real
— Thomas Merton