Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.
Interpretation
Humility is a source of true strength and can lead to personal victory.
This quote emphasizes that humility should not be mistaken for weakness; rather, it is a powerful trait that can strengthen an individual. By embracing humility, one can achieve greater resilience and ultimately triumph over challenges, making it a vital aspect of personal growth and success.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles in life.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.
It's all too easy to dismiss the future. People confuse what's impossible today with what's impossible tomorrow.
Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
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