Jack Miller Quotes

We hold that man is never so near grace as when he begins to feel he can do nothing at all.

Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal.

Humility may well be one of the most difficult of the fruit of the Spirit to be cultivated in us - and to maintain. That's because without humility, it's not likely that you will put your complete trust in God.

Accept what you cannot control.

I am someone without an ego.

It took me a while to learn the true meaning of patience and surrender, but I have finally accepted that healing doesn't happen on our schedule. It doesn't have a clock or a calendar.

By nature, your soul is soft, gentle, loving and kind. It is forgiving, peaceful, and humble. Confident and comforting in times of despair, your soul is strong, focused, and determined in the mission called life.

Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace - and maybe even glory.

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

Whatever you accept completely will take you to peace, including the acceptance that you cannot accept, that you are in resistance.

Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can’t accept their imperfections can’t accept grace either.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

You would not cry if you knew that by looking deeply into the rain you would still see the cloud.

We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?

My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction.

I don't like to talk much, even when people speak bad about me. Inside me, I say, 'Why do they have to think of me that way?' But I know how I am. My objective is not that people follow me, but I'm happy that they do.

I learned to accept the audience's happiness for me, which is one of the hardest things for me to learn.

True humility is contentment.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

I can't live off the ego.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.