Ambition is the rankest poison to the Church,when it possesses preschers. Itis a consuming tire.

— Luther

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it…

— Michelangelo

Nikolai Berdysev, a Russian philosopher, said: “In the very act of affirming himself man has lost himself. He has conque…

— Nikolai Berdyaev

Let me say to every one that is beginning life: Do not begin with exaggerated ideas of your own worth. Do not think that…

— H. W. Beecher

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man by one which is lower…

— H. W. Beecher

Harry Emerson Fosdick tells of a poor German schoolmaster who lived in a humble house in a small village. Carved over hi…

— Harry Emerson Fosdick