“But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ … “
(Philippians 3:7&8)
“The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he; for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.”
(A. W. Tozer)