There is great satisfaction and
much humility in knowing that I will lead the organization that helped bring us into the world, and that I am leaving Daily Serving and Art Practical in the hands of an organization that knows their worth, with individuals who know what it means to support good work.
Not exact matches
To perform well doesn't require perfection as
much as it requires the
humility to know what is and is not achievable
in the moment.
«No matter how prestigious your background or important your project, you'll build
much better relationships if you show respect and
humility in your interactions with others.
As is often the case when we have entered contexts foreign to us
in the posture of
humility and learning, we were moved not only by how
much we share
in common with «the other,» but how
much we have to learn from them:
There are other things that are made
much clearer
in Scripture and
in the teachings of Jesus, so we all have to start with a posture of
humility, and a posture of listening, and maybe even a commitment to disagree well.
The real essence of Hasidism is revealed not so
much in its concepts as
in the three central virtues which derive from these concepts: love, joy, and
humility.
We see, however, that they should be sought
much more
in the signs of
humility than
in claims to perfect faith and love.
I can't add
much to this flood of advice except to submit, with
humility, that
in my view we don't have
much choice about our fundamental emotional attitude; it is a matter of personal character (body chemistry and the close culture of family and schooling), but this need not affect our choice of creed and code if we have independence of mind.
The idea is not so
much to pray to God for help
in finding a way out of an alcohol problem; it has more to do with
humility — «cleaning house» so that the «grace of God can enter us and expel the obsession.»
That shouldn't be surprising considering how
much teaching we can find
in scripture regarding
humility versus pride.
I am not suggesting that we must all seek to live monastic lives, but the virtue of
humility as explored by St Benedict has so
much to teach us, especially if we are called to be Christ
in our lives on earth and to see Christ
in others.
To learn to put up with this empirical church is the way both of Christian
humility at its best and of Christian growth
in God's grace, not to mention the patent fact that such cooperation may do
much to make the empirical institution more conformable to its intention and significance as the Body of Christ.
While America is
much reduced
in power and prosperity, «our chastened mood, our lately learned
humility, may have made us better able to realize that everything depends on keeping our fragile sense of American fraternity intact.»
(And yet Hans Urs von Balthasar, who
in many respects appears more cautious
in his theology than either Rahner or Schillebeeckx, has endorsed, through his reflections on Trinitarian theology, the notion of a suffering and dying God
much more strongly than most other Catholic theologians: «the death, and the dying away into silence, of the Logos so become the centre of what he has to say of himself that we have to understand precisely his non-speaking as his final revelation, his utmost word: and this because
in the
humility of his obedient self - lowering to the death of the Cross he is identical with the exalted Lord.»
Because of the financial demands of commercial broadcasting, the electronic church can not afford to talk
much about suffering, shared need, or requirements of the cross, about justice and
humility, and giving one «s self (not just one «s checkbook)
in love to one «s neighbor.
Finally, the fact that I treat with respect an idea that has
much in its favor, that is believed by the great majority of scientists, that has no decisive arguments against it, and that may well turn out to be true — I am speaking here of the scientific theory called neo-Darwinism — is not «appeasement» but intellectual
humility and honesty.
Thank you so
much for your honesty, intelligence, and
humility in presenting this honest and brave series.
After the almost 20 presidential aspirants run against him — as a sitting Vice President —
in the NPP primaries for the 2008 Elections, Alhaji Aliu Mahama with
much humility, conceded to Nana Akufo - Addo who emerged winner, sort of...
Paul, you have shown so
much wisdom and
humility in responding to J. Moore's «safe starches» post.
If the peanut gallery can't except that,
much like how a stubborn child fails to learn the valuable lessons of a loving parent, so be it, because
in the final analysis, history will forget those people: for such individuals are lonely, have no
humility, and leave this world not with a bang that, but with a pathetic valueless whimper that contributed nothing to further evolve or nurture the arts
in its totality.
And he's coming into this as an increasingly influential authorial voice
in our industry with a
humility that my man Augustus probably didn't worry himself about too
much:
Bank Welcomes Bicycles Financial institutions are not
in most people's good books right now, but as I noted
in my post on a top UK banker who travels
in a chauffeur - driven G - Wiz, when a little
humility and responsibility is shown, we're
much more likely to cut them a little slack.
Bank Welcomes Bicycles Financial institutions are not
in most people's good books right now, but as I noted
in my post on a top UK banker who travels
in a chauffeur - driven G - Wiz, when a little
humility and responsibility is shown, we're
much more likely
Of course, as
much as possible, I think it is good for these people to educate themselves on the subject... but they should do so with great
humility... i.e., with the idea that they are still going to be at a considerable disadvantage
in understanding to those who are trained and working
in the field.
Being steeped
in the natural environment encourages a kind of
humility that I began to see was mostly missing from
much environmental science.
And like that famed American naturalist before him,
much of DeSantis» everyday life is marked with a
humility and spirit of volunteerism so rarely seen, yet so very needed.Despite the fact that most folks
in town might not know Gene DeSantis by name, the fruits of his labor are nearly everywhere.
I learn so
much that I consider it an exercise
in humility.
I have found so
much inspiration this week
in pondering
in my heart the
humility of Christ..