HUMILITY - Blessings

謙卑 - 祝福

God thinks most of the man who thinks himself least.

上帝認為自認微不足道的人最是重要。

He that will be knighted must kneel for it.

Thomas Adams

想要受封武士的人必須首先下跪。

Swallowing of pride seldom leads to indigestion.

吞下驕傲的人很少消化不良。

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

Augustine

驕傲讓天使淪為魔鬼;謙卑使人類成為天使。

If you lay yourself at Christ's feet he will take you into his arms.

William Bridge

如果你將自己伏在基督腳前,祂會將你抱在手上。

The most holy men are always the most humble men.

Thomas Brooks

最聖潔的人通常是最謙卑的人。

Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation and bond of all virtue.

Chrysostom

謙卑是一切美德的根本、母親、褓姆、基礎以及結合。

Humility is the hallmark of wisdom.

Jeremy Collier

謙卑是智慧的明證。

It is with men as with wheat; the light heads are erect even in the presence of Omnipotence, but the full heads bow in reverence before him.

Joseph Cook

人就像麥子;未長成的穗子趾高氣揚,甚至在無所不能上帝面前也是如此,但飽滿的麥穗在祂面前卻是低頭敬畏。

As rivers flow through valleys and low countries, so the root of all holy actions is nourished by humility.

Thomas De Villanova

如同河水往低處流過村莊與低地,一切聖潔行為的根源也是由謙卑灌溉滋養。

If we learned humility it might spare us humiliation.

Vance Havner

如果我們學會謙卑,它就能讓我們不受羞辱。

When we take least notice of our good deeds ourselves, God takes most notice of them.

Matthew Henry

當我們少在意自己的善行,上帝就會多在意我們的善行。

If you want to see the height of the hill of God's eternal love you must go down into the valley of humility.

Rowland Hill

如果你想看見上帝永恆慈愛的山峰,你就必須進入謙卑的山谷。

God's choice acquaintances are humble men.

Robert Leighton

上帝選擇交往的是謙卑的人。

All God's thrones are reached by going downstairs.

G. Campbell Morgan

上帝的一切寶座都需要下樓才能到達。

Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...acknowledge our own littleness, distrusting out own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.

J. I. Packer

直到我們變成謙卑受教,站在上帝聖潔、全能的敬畏中,認知我們自己的渺小,不再信賴自己的想法並願意放下自己的意念,上帝的純全智慧才會變為我們的。

Just as the sinner's despair of any help from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer's growth in grace.

A. W. Pink

正如同罪人確實得救的先決條件是對自身的援手全然失望,而失去一切自信亦是信徒在恩典中成長的第一要素。

The best way to see divine light is to put out thine own candle.

Francis Quarles

看見真光的最佳方法就是吹熄自己的蠟燭。

The right manner of growth is to grow less in one's own eyes.

Thomas Watson

成長的正確態度就是在自己眼中看不見太多成長。

The lowest parts of the land are warm and fertile; the lofty mountains are cold and barren.

Spiros Zodhiates

低窪之地溫暖肥沃;高山之處則是寒冷不毛。