Scott’s Reviews > The 5 Masculine Instincts: A Guide to Becoming a Better Man > Status Update

“Where pride tends towards confidence, humility allows us to entertain the idea that we are poor, both in our capabilities and in our own self-evaluations…The first pain of maturity is the pain of recognizing your own inadequacy.”

We call men to become better husbands, fathers, and church volunteers. It’s not that those expectations are wrong, but expectations themselves don’t make men better…And simply giving men more responsibility doesn’t guarantee they’ll suddenly form the virtues necessary to bear it.