Humility

The only virtue unique to biomedical engineering is the virtue of humility. Since biomedical engineers create devices that directly alter life an environment that nurtures arrogance is created. This can easily become self-defeating if the engineer chooses to overlook details of a project because they had been on successful projects that saved countless lives. This would quickly lead to creating subpar devices. Through having humility, an engineer is innately more cautious with the work they do. …

achievement of your goals with no assurance of success. Because there is no certainty in life or business, every commitment you make and every action you take entails a risk of some kind. Humility: Humility gets results. Larry Bossidy, the former CEO of Honeywell and author of the book Execution, explained why humility makes you a more effective…

centralizes each story around the characters' symbolic temptations of pride. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, O'Connor illustrates the grandmother's frequent encounter with the sin of pride. The author alludes to the grandmother's habitual abuse of humility several times throughout the course of the story. To begin, O'Connor depicts the grandmother wearing her Sunday clothes for a road trip, "in case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady"…

Certain experiences are transformative, permanently changing world-view and future actions. Edward IV from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper experiences this when he is interlarded into the impoverished life of Tom Canty. Before he met Tom, Edward was a spoiled, though kind-hearted, young prince who always had his own way. When he was first thrust out of his comfortable life, Edward tries to maintain his royal ways, but slowly learns to adjust to his surroundings, and by the end of the book…

Our walk with the Lord is difficult and learning to hear His voice is a lifelong process. Through the years, I have read countless scriptures on the way Jesus has relentlessly shown humility, togetherness, and patience. I aspire to live a life led by Christ and to ask for guidance on a daily basis. As a certified nursing assistant, I spent my first job caring for patients in an underserved nursing home. I remember my first shift at the facility, the place was understaffed, and most if not all…

With relatively brief observation, both the beauty of the natural world, as well as its destructive potential, can be realized. The elements which facilitate life—earth, wind, fire, water—can all too quickly morph into forces of damage and pain: earth becomes landslides; wind becomes tornados; fire becomes all-consuming flames; water becomes tsunamis. These and other natural disasters pose questions in the face of the “good” Creator Christians purport to worship. If Christians are to affirm God…

afford to miss his practice session, he still knew he had a duty to perform by worshipping God. He still had his love for worship in mind and could not let it go. Franklin also believed in the humility of Jesus and Socrates which is evidence in the explanation of his virtue of humility. In his explanation of humility, he says Imitate Jesus and Socrates. This explains to us that he always preferred to be humble and obedient so that he will be lifted up high as the Bible says. Rowlandson, even…

Introduction Repentance and forgiveness are not only crucial aspects of coming closer to Christ but are also crucial aspects in coming closer together as a family. However, the world often views forgiveness as a weakness, or an inhibitor in progression, as it encourages more mistakes in marriages. Yet according to the doctrine of Christ, both repentance and forgiveness are required to be able to form a healthy relationship with our Heavenly Father and also a healthy relationship with others.…

significance of this passage in 1st Kings 3:6-9 we will begin to see how and why he became such a wise ruler over the nation of Israel. Solomon’s request for an understanding mind to govern the Lord’s people in 1st Kings 3:9 was written to highlight humility which shows the direct link between…

striving to become a nurse, I understand the duty of this career is to have patience, empathy, and humility. I believe these characteristics are not only held by women, but for men as…