Category: Humility

Wise Humility

Humility is the wisdom of accepting the truth that you might just be wrong.

— Richard Paul Evans & Michael Vey —

  I also believe that ego, pride, denial and the wrong crowd are all factors that convince us that things are just fine while the world around us indicates otherwise. If you want to be good, surround yourself with people who tell you how great you are.  If you want to be great, surround yourself…

Read more »

Am I the Problem or the Solution?

If I'm not the problem, there is no solution.

— Unknown —

  Whenever I have a problem I have choices (according to the Serenity Prayer): 1.  I can accept the problem…even if I don’t like it. 2.  I can change the problem not by changing it, but by changing the way I view and act toward the problem. 3.  I can view the problem as unacceptable and…

Read more »

Value

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

— Albert Einstein —

  You have to believe on judgement day the good Lord will have a list of the ways we gave of ourselves to add value to His world and a list of the ways we took from the world to add value to ourselves…my goal is for my first list to be a lot longer than…

Read more »

Secure

It is always the secure who are humble.

— Gilbert Chesterton —

  Nuff said. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 1 Peter 5:6, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.”

Great

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

— Rabindranath Tagore —

  It is impossible to grow and expand if our EGO (Easing God Out) is in the way. The above quote from Tagore says it all.  I believe God is the greatest of the great and the only way I can be near to Him and seek his blessings upon my God-Purpose is by removing…

Read more »

Where’s Your Focus?

In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait.

— J. Petit-Senn —

  How much of the beauty in the world do you miss because your focus is always on yourself? P.E.A.C.E. Proverbs 22:4, “Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.”

God’s Purpose or My Purpose?

Where God is, the ego cannot be.

— Deepak Chopra —

  From my personal experience I know it is impossible to enjoy balance, joy and peace as well as true success in life without being aligned with God’s will. Ego is definitely “easing God out,” and when I ease God out I am letting Jay in and when Jay is the center of my universe…

Read more »

Egotism

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

— Frank Leahy —

  If you find yourself continuously having to explain yourself and justify your thoughts, word and deeds, as well as bring attention to yourself, then there is a good chance you are doing nothing but anesthetizing your stupidity…just a life experience diagnosis from Dr. Meyer.  🙂 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@eaglelaunch.com Luke 14:11, “For all those who exalt…

Read more »

Humility

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.

— Charles Spurgeon —

  Every morning I receive an email that includes a piece of writing from C.S. Lewis.  A couple of days ago I received the following and just needed to share it with you because it is very good. The real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it. It…

Read more »

Egarrogance

Ego and arrogance (egarrogance...you won't find it in Webster's) are poison to personal and/or organizational growth. Their antidote is humility.

— JJM —

  I’m 56 years old and not a day goes by where I am not trying to learn something new. I’ve witnessed a fair share of lives and organizations stunted in their growth because of the twin poisons of ego and arrogance which often tell us we “know everything.” I learned many years ago the…

Read more »