I have never consciously boasted myself but from hereon I make a point not to even unconsciously undermine or degrade myself!
Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God fulfills it.
Big things in the glory of the world mean nothing. Small things in glory of God mean everything. Truly..., size doesn't matter in this world or in the world to come.
Beware ! Discipline goes to two different directions : success and self glory. Self glory is the biggest failure of life.
Whatever we have in the glory of man is "away". Those are just not enough before we go "home" to the glory of God.
Yesterday i was clever so i took the glory for me. Today HE makes me wise so i give the glory to HIM.
Sweet wine makes drunk, sour wine (insult) is "tetelestai". Life is not about what we have done and become, but how God to be fully glorified.
The clearest version of vision, backed by the purest grade of greed is a ripen file of failure.
I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.
Much of someone's real character lies in what they don't say about themselves.
Chances are that there are white people who brag about being the first to move out of a suburb that has been intruded by blacks.