"We cannot free ourselves from pride and selfish ambition; a divine rescue is absolutely necessary."

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Source : C.J. Mahaney (2008). “Humility: True Greatness”, p.31, Multnomah

C. J. Mahaney

#Selfish Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Pride Quotes

“I'm not a social retard, but I prefer to go unnoticed.”
“Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days!”
“Turns out, you can take the girl out of the spy school, but you can never take the spy school out of the girl.”

Source : Molly Harper (2009). “Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs”, p.118, Simon and Schuster
“This desire of knowledge and the wonder which it hopes to satisfy are the driving power behind all the changes that we, with careless, question-begging inference, call progress.”

Source : Nicholas Murray Butler (1911). “Philosophy”
“People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four.”
“Books form in us habits of thought which shall live forever with us.”

Source : Julia McNair Wright (1879). “The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated”
“Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.”
“Nothing in the world excites the culture today so much as a question. A question seems very appropriate to whatever you have in mind. Allowing your work to remain questionable is a way of satisfying your cultural condition.”

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