Thursday, January 1, 2009

Who is the Fool?

"A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot"
- John Calvin

"If you build upon yourself your edifice will be a mere ruin."
- Augustine

"If you think that your best is good enough for God, you have too high an opinion of yourself and too low and opinion of God."
-John Blanchard

"If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God."
- John Calvin

"that which is begun in self-confidence will end in shame."
- Richard Sibbes

"The greatest of all disorders is to think we are whole and need no help."
-Thomas Wilson

From The Complete Gathered God: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians

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