"Whenever you get one inch above the..." - Quote by Charles Spurgeon
Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!
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More on Humility
“We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.”
“I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.”
“I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy; the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage; from economy comes generosity; From humility comes leadership.”
More on Pride
“Pride works _from within_; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.”
“It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can well afford not to conciliate, whose faithful work will answer for him.”
“Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature?”