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“The way people are forever rolling their eyes to heaven and saying, “Perhaps it’s all for the best,” when they are perfectly dead sure it’s not, makes me enraged. Humility or resignation or whatever you choose to call it, is simply impotent inertia.”

Book:Daddy-Long-Legs / Dear Enemy

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Daddy-Long-Legs / Dear Enemy

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Jean Webster

Jean Webster was an American writer born on July 24, 1876, and died on June 11, 1916. Known for her humorous and witty writing style, her works were highly appreciated by readers. more

“Again, the terror, the acknowledgment of wasted years and death. Valentin, responsive and confident, still nestled in his arms. His cheek touched the soft cheek and felt the brush of the delicate eyelashes. With inner desperation he pressed the child close - as though an emotion as protean as his love could dominate the pulse of time.”

Love Death Time

Book:The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories

Source: The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories

“Either let the LORD decide how you should live or you decide how you should live. The humble and penitent sinner will choose the former, while the proud rebellious sinner will choose the latter and in both instances, the good point is that the LORD will honor your choice!”

Humility Proud Tragedy Choice Rebellion Wrath Of God Hardened Hearts Judgment Of God Deliberate Sin

Author:Royal Raj S

“Modesty isn’t about whether something is seen, but rather whether something is flaunted.”

Humility Vanity Modesty

Book:Ageless Wisdom: A Treasury of Quotes to Motivate & Inspire

Source: Ageless Wisdom: A Treasury of Quotes to Motivate & Inspire

“Men are beastly and natural, and when touched by God, the One who is supernatural, they become as 'mythical creatures' - only more true and just, and therefore all the meeker.”

God Humility Righteousness Supernatural Meekness Divine Intervention Exaltation Mythical Creatures Holiness Of God Touched By God

Author:Criss Jami

“Amid the holy and celestial, humility's what's 'cool' under pressure. Humility stops being humble when it realizes itself humble, and cool stops being cool when others realize it trying to be cool.”

Humility Holy Humble Genuine Authenticity Holiness Angels Celestial Celestial Spirits Angels And Poets

Author:Criss Jami

“Religious thinking induces excessive humility, which is pride in disguise.”

Religion Religious Humility Pride Kingdom Kingdom Of God True Humility Religious Thinking Religious Spirituality

Book:Kingdom Fundamentals: What the Kingdom of God Means and What it Means for You | A Thorough and Biblical Exposition of the Kingdom of Heaven as Preached by Jesus

Source: Kingdom Fundamentals: What the Kingdom of God Means and What it Means for You | A Thorough and Biblical Exposition of the Kingdom of Heaven as Preached by Jesus

“Spiritually, we are Semites”

Religion Humility Theology

Author:Pope Pius XII

“Knowledge has two extremes which meet; one is the pure natural ignorance of every man at birth, the other is the extreme reached by great minds who run through the whole range of human knowledge, only to find that they know nothing and come back to the same ignorance from which they set out, but it is a wise ignorance which knows itself. Those who stand half-way have put their natural ignorance behind them without yet attaining the other; they have some smattering of adequate knowledge and pretend to understand everything. They upset the world and get everything wrong.”

Wisdom Understanding Knowledge Humility

Book:Pensées

Source: Pensées

“You can be more knowledgeable than someone, but be less intelligent or wise than them. Or foolish or stupid, unlike them.”

Wisdom Knowledge Wise Stupid Humility Intelligent Intelligence Stupidity Foolish Knowleageable

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Write to save yourself ... and someday you'll write because you've been saved. You will feel terrible shame for this. Let your humility grow larger than your shame.”

Humility Shame Writing Inspiration Save Yourself