Ninety-eight readings on Humility, Weakness, Brokenness, Destitution, and Lowliness. Almost two hundred godly men and women describe the dangers of pride and the excellence of humility. Read how others have travelled the journey of descent as they discovered wings with which to soar into the heavenlies with Christ Jesus.LIST OF PEOPLE QUOTEDAngell, EdwardArnott, W. D. D.Augustine, St.Barnes, Dr. AlbertBasil the GreatBaxter, Elizabeth ForsterBaxter, RichardBenson, JosephBergin, G. FredBernard, St. of ClairvauxBertin, EugeneBethune, G. W.Bett, HenryBlackie, Prof. StewartBonar, AndrewBooth-Cliborn, W. E.Bowen, GeorgeBradburn, SamuelBramwell, WilliamBrengle, Samuel LoganBrook, F.Brooks, PhillipsBunyan, JohnBurke, EdmundBurns, William C.Bushell, Dr. HoraceBuxton, BarclayCarter, E.Caughey, JamesCecil, RichardChambers, OswaldChapman, Robert C.Chapman, WilburChrysostomColeridge, Samuel T.Cookman, AlfredCowman, CharlesCowper, WilliamCox, RobertD’Aubigne, J. H. MerleDaniels, W. H.Darby, J. N.Denny, Dr. JamesDisraeliDivall, Edith HickmanDods, MarcusDoddridge, PhilipDowden, Prof.Drescher, JohnDrummond, HenryDrysdale, J. D.Duff, AlexanderEdwards, JonathanElliot, JohnErskine, ThomasFaber, Frederick W.Faraday, MichaelFarrar, DeanFénelon, ArchbishopFinney, Charles G.Fitzgerld, OpalFletcher, JohnFletcher, MaryFlew, J.Flint, Annie JohnsonFollette, John WrightForsyth, P. T.Fox, C. A.Fox, GeorgeFrancis, St.Garratt, HelenaGee, H. L.Gerhardt, PaulGodbeyGodet, FrederickGregory, J. G.Guyon, MadameHall, RobertHarrison, JohnHarrison, Prof. R. K.Harvey, E. F.Harvey, LillianHavergal, F. R.Havner, VanceHerbert, GeorgeHerrickHoffman, Dr.Holden, J. StuartHookerHosner, Frederic LucianJames, Mary D.James, WilliamJowett, J. H.Kelly, ThomasLaw, WilliamLayard, C. P.Leighton, ArchbishopLewis, C. S.Liddon, H. P.Lightfoot, BishopLuther, MartinLyon, MaryLyte, Henry F.MacDonald, GeorgeMaclaren, AlexanderMacmillan, HughMalof, BasilMantle, GregoryMartyn, HenryMatheson, GeorgeMaxwell, L. E.McCheyne, Robert McConkey, JamesMerritt, StephenMeyer, F. B.Miller, J. R.Milne, Dr. JohnMilton, JohnMoffatt, JamesMolinos, MichaelMontgomery, BishopMoody, D. L.Moorehouse, HenryMorgan, G. CampellMuggeridge, MalcolmMurray, AndrewNee, WatchmanNewton, IsaacNewton, JohnNicoll, W. RobertsonOatman, J.Owen, Dr.Oxenham, JohnParker, JosephPascalPayson, EdwardPearse, SamuelPhillips, J. B.Phillips, Jean LeathersPierson, A. T.
Drawn from many sources, so the quality of course varies a bit, but this is a consistently spectacular study of the role of humility in the life of the disciple.
More great one-liners in this book than in any other I've ever read outside of the Bible.