The Fragrance of Humility

"I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.”~Charles R. Swindoll

Having no choice but to be "still" this last week. I have had the pleasure of reminiscing over the bloggers that I have met in these last several months. I have been blown away by you! I told a friend not too long ago, that if I never wrote another blog entry or had another reader, it would ALL have been worth it meeting the people I have met!!

I think what came to my mind most, was the fragrance of humility!

I have seen some amazing art work from every medium and genre. Your photography is breathtaking. I have also read some raw honest writing from your hearts. So gifted!! Yet your humble attitudes and willingness to encourage other people in your field, has been such an inspiration to me.

Friends, don't EVER lose that wonderful heart humility that you have. Continue to inspire and encourage others around you ......it is a sweet fragrance.

I leave you with some of my favorite quotes on humilty. These particular quotes have inspired me, kicked me in the backside and some have made me laugh!! Humor always helps :) and a few pictures (as always) in between.

Have a wonderful week friends!! Appreciate you all, Anni

"The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance. As yet, no short cut has been discovered."~Joseph. J. Lamb~

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."~ John Wooden

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."~ Mother Teresa

"Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."~ Henry Ward Beecher

"Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur."~ Alfred Eisenstaedt

"I have learned lately that at times I have avoided prayer because it is truly in the presence of God that we see the truth. We see His Love and we see our heart - so frequently I keep the noise level up in my life so that I don't face either. But when i get quiet and I listen and quit doing and asking...He shows me the most amazing things and I think - why do I not do this more often? Silly ME "~C. Heartwell

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world."~ Mother Teresa

"Swallow your pride occasionally, it's non-fattening!" ~Author Unknown

"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle." ~Benjamin Franklin

"Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self." ~Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are." ~Malcolm S. Forbes


"True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. " ~Edward Frederick Halifax

"Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character. " ~Horace Greeley

"Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity."~ author??

"Correction does much, but encouragement does more." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement."~ Charles Schwab

"Mary Higgins Clark was my age when she wrote her first book. John Grisham was turned down over 80 times before he sold The Firm. The same kind of story for J.K. Rowling. Fellow aspiring writers - stay the course!"~ S.Roberts

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." ~Albert Einstein

"I couldn't wait for success... so I went ahead without it." ~Jonathan Winters

"You shouldn't gloat about anything you've done; you ought to keep going and find something better to do. " ~David Packard

"Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life." ~George Arliss

"The throne of humility must be the heart. I do hate, of all things, that humility which lives in the face."~Charles Spurgeon