Beth Moore Quotes

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.

Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn't whether you will make them, it's what you will do about them. It's whether you will choose the path of humility and courage or the path of ego and pride.

Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.

No circumstances can ever make or mar the unfolding of the spiritual life. Spirituality does not depend upon the environment; it depends upon one's attitude towards life.

The ability to get to a higher level in our life means that we have to generate the energy to be able to do so, and generally, we do that by a fall. Spiritual advances are almost always proceeded by a fall of one kind or another.

We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.

The first spiritual quality we need to have is not faith; it is courage.

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an appreciation for the gift of opposition. When it comes, I learn something about my motives. When it comes, I get to test my courage.

Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now.

I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks.

I've experienced many hardships, but mentally, I've always been older, and that reflects in my actions, too.

My mother helped me to be who I am: to have strength and not to let people run all over me and yet to be humble; to realise that all of this that I have today could be gone.

My journey has been good, and by God's grace, I have not changed.