FastSaying

Humility is the greatest shaper of souls and crafter of character, for it wipes away all the grandiose things that we spend so much of our lives pretending to be, so that we can spend all of our lives being the exceptional person that we were actually created to be.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Related Quotes

There is that gnawing feeling that we are far more than what we believe ourselves to be. Maybe it’s time to believe the gnawing.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
beliefbelievefeeling
We tend to deny our humanity because in accepting the fullness of it, we would need to confess how little we’ve done with it.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
denialdenyfear
The best way to see majesty is to strip away everything that pretends to be majestic so that which is fake wholly collapses in the face of that which is majestic. And God in a manger is likely the most remarkable example we have of such a monumental truth.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
christmasfakefraudulent
Who you are is too vast to be captured by the reflection of a mirror, classified by the state of your attitude, or categorized by the opinions of others. Therefore, if any of these are defining you, you have yet to be defined.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
characteristicsclassifieddefined
Making oneself large involves intentionally making oneself small.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
givegivinghumble