Self-Made Pride
Your talent is God's gift to you.
- Leo Buscaglia
None of us got where we are solely by
pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
- Thurgood Marshall
It was pride that changed angels into devils;
it is humility that makes men as angels.
- Saint Augustine
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness
of the interdependence of all these living beings,
which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
- Thomas Merton
Ingratitude often hides behind a mask of independence or self-sufficiency.
An assertion of being "self-made" is a rejection of God, one's ancestors, and society.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
The Seeds You Plant
Pay It Forward
Feeling Blessed
No comments:
Post a Comment