Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
– JC Ryle –
Pride
Pride must die in you – Andrew Murray
Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you.
– Andrew Murray –
Thinking well of yourself – Charles Spurgeon
It is the devil’s masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Embracing humility – Nathan Stone
The less empty of self we are, the less of blessing God can pour into us; the more of pride and self-sufficiency, the less fruit we can bear.
– Nathan Stone –
We are too self-sufficient – Leonard Ravenhill
Today God is bypassing men—not because they are too ignorant, but because they are too self-sufficient. Brethren, our abilities are our handicaps, and our talents are our stumbling blocks!
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Pride, the cause of misery – CS Lewis
Pride … has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.
– CS Lewis –
Humility in Communication – Charles Spurgeon
Our speech never loses force by losing pride.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Retrospect of Moses’ Life – DL Moody
Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody; forty years learning he was nobody; and forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody.
– DL Moody –
The Progression of Sin – Thomas Manton
First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it.
– Thomas Manton –