Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
Rick WarrenRead
Our hope is not in the man we put in the White House but in the Man we put on the Cross.
Interpretation
True hope lies beyond political structures and in spiritual faith.
This quote by Rick Warren emphasizes that genuine hope and salvation do not come from earthly rulers or political leaders, but rather from a higher divine source symbolized by 'the Man on the Cross', referring to Jesus Christ. It calls for individuals to place their faith in spiritual foundations rather than transient political figures.
In practice
In a sermon about faith during difficult times.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.
Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life, you continue to stew in your pain, perpetuating the past. Listen: those who hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. Your past is past! Nothing will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake, learn from it, and then let it go.
Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.
It’s not just what you eat that matters, it’s what eats you. You can have all the right macrobiotics and organic food, but if your body is filled with resentment, worry, fear, lust, guilt, anger, bitterness, or any other emotional disease, it’s going to shorten your life.
Being successful and fulfilling your lifes purpose are not at all the same thing; You can reach all your personal goals, become a raving success by the worlds standard and still miss your purpose in this life.
A good character is the best tombstone.
To say that God's sovereignty is limited by man's freedom is to make man sovereign.
Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction.
You wanted to kill your father in order to be your father yourself. Now you are your father, but a dead father.
The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.
Time is not a thing, thus nothing which is, and yet it remains constant in its passing away without being something temporal like the beings in time.
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