Pride

He Was Turned Away from Church

During Mahatma Gandhi’s student days he read the Gospels and thought that maybe he had found the cure to the caste system of India. He decided to go to church and ask the minister how to become a Christian. However, when he entered the...

Pride, Visitors

He Applauded His Own Speech

Ronald Reagan, told the following story: “I once addressed a very large, distinguished audience in Mexico City and sat down to rather scattered and unenthusiastic applause. And I was somewhat embarrassed, even more so when the next man who spoke...

Communication, Humor, Pride

Use the Right Measuring Stick

A self-righteous man once boasted to a Christian friend of his, “You know, John, I’m not such a bad fellow. There are many worse than I!” His friend replied, “Ivor, you are measuring yourself by the wrong standard. You measure yourself by the...

Perspective, Pride, Salvation, Sin

They Couldn’t Hit an Elephant

During the Battle of Spotsylvania in the Civil War, Union general John Sedgwick was inspecting his troops. At one point he came to a parapet, over which he gazed out in the direction of the enemy. His officers suggested that this was unwise and...

Pride, Quote, Words

Superman and Muhammad Ali

In Muhammad Ali’s heyday as the heavy weight champion in boxing, he had taken his seat on a 747 which was starting to taxi down the runway for take off. The flight attendant walked by and noticed Ali did not have on his seatbelt, and said, “...

Humor, Pride, Quote

Stressful Vacations

Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal words: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, and we shall fight in the hills.” It sounds exactly like our family...

Family, Humor, Patriotism, Pride, Stress

A Proud Turtle

A turtle once wanted to spend the winter in Florida, but he knew he could never walk that far. He convinced a couple of geese to help him, each taking one end of a piece of rope, while he clamped his vise-like jaws in the center.

The...

Humor, Pride

The Danger of Comparison

“Don’t be guilty of comparing your accomplishments or performances with those of any other preacher. To do so is to lessen your own effectiveness and frustrate the grace of God. You are you, and to attempt to become more is...

Contentment, Pride, Quote

Invictus

Timothy McVeigh was executed for bombing the federal building in Oklahoma. He did not speak any final words, but he did have a handwritten statement distributed at his execution which included portions of the poem Invictus.

“It...

Pride, Sin

A Clever Salesman

The story is told about a clever salesman who closed hundreds of sales with this line: “Let me show you something several of your neighbors said you couldn’t afford.”

Source: Unknown

Humor, Money, Pride