Born Quote by Ridgely Torrence

Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes…

— Homer

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.

— Thomas a Kempis

“Little men,” he once said, “spend their days in pursuit of such things. I know from experience that at the moment of their deaths…

— Mark Helprin

But what are years, what are months!" he would exclaim. "Why count the days, when even one day is enough for man to know…

— Anonymous

“A faithful servant may be wiser than the master, and yet retain the true spirit and posture of the servant. The humble man looks…

— Andrew Murray

“Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvellously made and for some great end. Although he is…

— Al-Ghazali

“Mightily and long must a man strive within himself before he learn altogether to overcome himself, and to draw his whole affection towards God.”

— Thomas à Kempis

Years hence, perhaps, may dawn an age, More fortunate, alas! than we, Which without hardness will be sage, And gay without frivolity.

— Matthew Arnold

“Now, I am living out my life in my corner, taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Men are not gentle and graceful beings solely oriented towards good. They are physical, coarse, contradictory, stretched between desires and temptations. In an unnatural…

— Alija Izetbegović

“Man is naturally humble, naturally grateful, naturally guilty, naturally transcended, naturally a sufferer; he is small, pitiful, weak, a passive taker who tucks himself…

— Ernest Becker

Sooner or later, a man if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give…

— Wilferd Peterson