We find that the statements of science are not of what is true and what is not true, but statements of what… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
It gives me no joy to be praised at the expense of a better artist, by someone who does not know the… — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
“The meek already inherit the earth in this life, in this way. A man who is truly meek is a man who… — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
“To show humility [vinaya] towards disrespect [avinaya] is strong humility [gaadha vinaya). To maintain humility even when a disrespectful person slaps you;… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
I think that listening to music or creating music is a spiritual undertaking, so the process of creating music, you know, involves… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
For me, the massiveness of what I don't know is one way I experience God. It creates in me a feeling of… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“You can’t claim to be good if you have never been tempted to be bad. You can’t claim to be faithful if… — Zondervan Publishing Copy Share Image
“Father, You have told me to do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility to consider others better… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
The talk of lovers who have just declared their love is one of life's most sweet delights. Each vies with the other… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
The moment the doctrine of the immortality is separately taught, man is already fallen. In the flowing of love, in the adoration… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“We are not worthy to unloose the latchets of Jesus' shoes, because, if we do, we begin to say to ourselves, "What… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
If a little flower could speak, it seems to me that it would tell us quite simply all that God has done… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...the first step to becoming meek is to improve day by day. Each day we need to try to be better than… — Ulisses Soares Copy Share Image
Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I had the erroneous conviction that all of history tended toward my birth and would diminish into chaos or inconsequence after I… — David Milch Copy Share Image
Prayer makes a godly man, and puts within him "the mind of Christ," the mind of humility, of self-surrender, of service, of… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance;… — Laozi Copy Share Image
God opposes the proud. The way you get up front is do really good work in the back. Humility is a by… — Bradley Cooper Copy Share Image
“Everything [Jesus] taught and did was a summons to the humility and love that purge self-exaltation out of leadership and servility out… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is by means of these that we attain perfect love, through the grace and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ, to… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
I come from some humble beginnings, and I just believed that when people pay their money, hard-earned money, that they deserve a… — Cris Carter Copy Share Image
When you're out in the field and spending time in these different places around the world, humility is one of the most… — Clarissa Ward Copy Share Image
And for the sake of humility--a characteristic crucial to sacred questioning we might do well to confess that we're capable at any… — David Dark Copy Share Image
You should never write your own resume, personal ad, or obituary. In all three cases it is better to show your humility… — David Hayden Copy Share Image
“life of service and humility, of silent subordination and religious training, from which he wrested intellectual pleasures congruent with his” — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of… — Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits Copy Share Image
When you pretend to be an authority on everything, it forces your subordinates to defer to your opinion - which may not… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn.… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“The certificate that promotes a divine idea is humility. Period. Get yourself upgraded with the good news of humility every day! Sometimes,… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“For the case that one thinks he has plateaued in life, God has already set yet another peak for him to reach:… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“We need to recognize that lack of confidence does not equal humility. In fact, genuinely humble people have enormous confidence because it… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Modesty was designed by Providence as a guard to virtue, and that it might be always at hand it is wrought into… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
“Be what it may, I will always esteem and adore the divine genius of this Gentleman, taking from him what I understand… — Lope de Vega Copy Share Image