“To appear to be on the inside and know more than others about what is going on is a great temptation for most people. It is a rare person who is willing to seem to know less than he does ... Somehow, people seem to feel that it is belittling to their importance not to know more than other people.” PeopleKnowsFeelsPersonsDoeSeemsKnowledgeHumilityWillingImportanceTemptationBelittleRare Person Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“I can never suppose this country so far lost to all ideas of self-importance as to be willing to grant America independence; if that could ever be adopted I shall despair of this country being ever preserved from a state of inferiority and consequently falling into a very low class among the European States.” IfsI CanIdeasSelfCountryStatesAmericaFallLostClassWillingDespairLowsImportanceIndependenceGrantsAdoptedInferioritySelf-importance Author:George III
“To eat in a monastery refectory is an exercise in humility; daily, one is reminded to put communal necessity before individual preference. While consumer culture speaks only to preferences, treating even whims as needs to be granted (and the sooner the better), monastics sense that this pandering to delusions of self-importance weakens the true self, and diminishes our ability to distinguish desires from needs. It's a price they're not willing to pay.” NeedsSelfDesireCultureIndividualSpeakAbilityPayHumilityWillingExerciseImportanceGrantedConsumersDelusionTrue SelfDiminishPreferenceWhimSelf-importanceMonasteriesConsumer Culture Book:The Cloister Walk Source: The Cloister Walk
“I'm very, very lucky in that I have a partner who is willing to do it with me in a really collaborative way. Fortunately, even though we couldn't stay in a romantic relationship, our values are very much around the importance of family and the importance of those relationships.” WayValuesWillingLuckyImportancePartnersRomantic RelationshipImportance Of Family Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“I think that we're always gonna be in a position as Republicans and as conservatives where we gotta be willing to stand up for our conservative values. And certainly, you know, at the top of that list is a strong national defense, the importance of a United States military that is superior to all others in the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldStatesValuesStrongUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPositionWillingRepublicanImportanceConservativeDefenseListsSuperiorsNational DefenseConservative ValuesUnited States Military Author:Liz Cheney
“[John] Calvin is revered as a thinker of immense importance in Reformed thought, Jonathan Edwards could say in his preface to his treatise on Freedom of the Will that he had derived none of his views from the work of Calvin, though he was willing to be called a "Calvinist" for the sake of convention.” ViewsWillingImportanceSakeThinkerConventionsImmense Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“The importance of the question and the availability of an answer are two different things. I'm not willing to state that because the question is fundamental, therefore I possess the answer. And I'm certainly not willing to say that since I don't possess the answer, I'll pretend that I do.” TwoDifferentStatesAnswersWillingImportanceFundamentalsDifferent ThingsAvailabilityTwo Different Things Author:George Friedman