Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as Gods children. – Phillips Brooks
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. – Phillips Brooks
To say, well done to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge. – Phillips Brooks
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is. – Phillips Brooks