Humility can weep over other men's weaknesses, and joy and rejoice over their graces.
Interpretation
Humility allows us to empathize with others' faults while celebrating their strengths.
This quote by Thomas Brooks emphasizes the duality of humility: it is not only about recognizing our own limitations but also about being able to empathize with the flaws of others. It teaches that a humble attitude is characterized by compassion towards others' weaknesses while simultaneously being able to appreciate and rejoice in their successes and virtues. This perspective fosters a supportive community where individuals uplift one another rather than compete or judge harshly.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of kindness in leadership.
Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking his own righteousness, and living really and purely upon the righteousness of Christ.
Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.
He is the best preacher, not that tickles the ear, but that breaks the heart.
Ah! sinner, remember this, there is no way on earth effectually to be rid of the guilt, filth, and power of sin, but by believing in a Saviour. It is not resolving, it is not complaining, it is not mourning, but believing, that will make thee divinely victorious over that body of sin that to this day is too strong for thee, and that will certainly be thy ruin, if it be not ruined by a hand of faith.
Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns.
A Christian will part with anything rather than his hope; he knows that hope will keep the heart both from aching and breaking, from fainting and sinking; he knows that hope is a beam of God, a spark of glory, and that nothing shall extinguish it till the soul be filled with glory.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Very rarely do people make big compromises with their integrity. Almost every compromise is a small one that is easily justified. The downhill slide is usually a result of many little compromises.
Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
Does it matter whether you hate yourself? At least love your eyes that can see, your mind that can hear the music, the thunder of the wings.
No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible. Even with complete and thorough study there is always the possibility of being defeated and although one may be expert in a particular form, mastery is something a man never stops seeking to attain.
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