Meek Quotes

147 quotes by 127 authors

If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be… — W. E. B. Du Bois
I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted. — Samuel Butler
I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the… — Maya Angelou
The proposition that the meek (that is the adaptable and serviceable), inherit the earth is not merely a wishful sentiment of religion, but an iron… — Kenneth E. Boulding
Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be brave if you lose and meek if you win. — Harvey Penick
Love is a consistent passion to give, not a meek persistent hope to receive. The only demand of life is the privilege to love all. — Chinmayananda Saraswati
The world in which we live would benefit greatly if men and women everywhere would exercise the pure love of Christ, which is kind, meek,… — Howard W. Hunter
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild... — Charles Wesley
To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely… — Mary Wollstonecraft
The public school system: "Usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the exercise of intellectual… — Walter Karp
Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the meek who see the world's… — Ralph Chaplin
LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge. — Ambrose Bierce
For He is in the midst of us day and night [in the Blessed Sacrament]; He dwells in us with the fullness of grace and… — Pope Paul VI
There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness. This mysterious unity and integrity is wisdom,… — Thomas Merton
The meek shall inherit the earth. They won't have the nerve to refuse it. — Jackie Vernon
The English are mentioned in the Bible; Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. — Mark Twain
The meek may inherit the earth, but they wont get the ball from me. — Charles Barkley
And the meek shall inherit the earth, — Geddy Lee
My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement, frustration and ignoble deaths; that there is security in personal strength; that… — Harlan Ellison

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