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Tag: pride

  • Self-satisfaction is the death of progress

    Martin De Haan years ago said, “Self-satisfaction is the death of progress.  The most boring people I ever meet are the ones who take up my time telling me what they have done.”  So none of us reaches perfection this side of heaven, it tells me something else.  It tells me that it’s our imperfection. …

  • Soaking the self-satisfied

    Charles Haddon Spurgeon said, he once met a man who said he had arrived, he had attained, he had reached total sanctification in this life.  Spurgeon said, “Oh, really?”  And he did something that I don’t necessarily recommend though, it sounds pretty fun.  He took a pitcher of water and poured it all over the…

  • The humble are care free

    The humble are care free. Where there is worry, anxiety, anxiousness there is pride. The root of worry and anxiety is self-sufficiency. God gives grace to those who humble themselves and cast each and every care on him. The effect of this act is the weakening of pride and the experience of peace and joy.…

  • Pride chief cause of misery

    C.S. Lewis said pride is the chief cause of misery in every nation and family since the world began. Think of it. It was pride that took Lucifer out of heaven. It was pride that took Adam out of paradise. It was pride that took Saul, King Saul, first King of Israel, out of the…

  • Pride

    If there is pride in your heart it will be expressed in one of three ways. Firstly, through self-righteousness that results from feeling insecure, the need to prove yourself or a “better than” attitude. Secondly through self-reliance, having to be strong, not trusting others or knowing how to build relationships. Thirdly through self-pity, focusing on…

  • Pride the father of ingratitude

    Henry Ward Beecher was right when he observed, “A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.” Pride is the father of ingratitude and the silent killer of gratitude. Nancy Leigh DeMossClick to Tweet

  • Worry and pride

    Worry is a form of pride. It’s the opposite of humility. When you choose to worry and take on the cares of this world, you are essentially saying that God can’t handle it. That you’ve got to take it out of “His mighty hand” and worry about how to fix it yourself. Jessie DuplantisClick to…

  • Give me good success in

    Give me good success in my work, but hide pride from me. Samuel Logan Brengle (Salvation Army evangelist) Gordon MacDonaldClick to TweetFrom the book “Ordering Your Private World” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Sustained negativism is highly calorific

    Sustained negativism is highly calorific nourishment for pride Don CarsonClick to TweetFrom the book “Exegetical Fallacies” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*