Meek Quotes

147 Meek quotes by 123 unique authors

What is a church? Let Truth and reason speak, They would reply, "The faithful, pure and meek, From Christian folds, the one selected race, Of… — George Crabbe
There are eyes half defiant, Half meek and compliant; Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm To bring us good or to work with harm. — Phoebe Cary
That meek darkness be thy mirror, and thy whole remembrance. — Dionysius of Halicarnassus
I am a song bird, I am a meek song bird, I offer my prayer to the Lord. — Guru Nanak
We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aphorism… — F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag. — Criss Jami
Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain… — William Wordsworth
The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. — J. Paul Getty
In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does. — Barbara Corcoran
As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a… — Dorothy Day
It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it. — Kin Hubbard
Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind. — Langston Hughes
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. — Don Marquis
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. — Izaak Walton
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild' is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels. — George Bernard Shaw
There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and… — Raymond Chandler
A “collective” mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of individual… — Ayn Rand
Even the blind and meek and voiceless have gods. — Terry Pratchett
The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We must… — W. Somerset Maugham
i been meek, and hard like an oak, i seen pretty people disappear like smoke. friends will arrive, friends will disappear. if you want me,… — Bob Dylan
The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me. — Cassandra Clare
Tonight, darling, we are going to right a lot of wrongs. And we are going to wrong some rights. The first shall be last; the… — John Green
Alas! when passion is both meek and wild! — John Keats
His laws once broken, His justice and the very nature of those laws bring the immutable retribution; but if we turn penitently to Him, He… — Elizabeth Gaskell
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! — William Shakespeare

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