“Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either case it may be a stain or an honor. If he is born in poverty, and his future life throws a lustre over an humble birth, the reward will not only be great, but his name will stand higher on the roll of honor and virtue, than he who can only boast of his proud descent.” IfsMenMayHomeNamesBornPovertyCasesVirtueProudBirthHigherHonorRewardsHumbleEasePleasantBoastStainsLotteryDescentAffluenceHutsFuture Life Author:James Ellis
“The two of us had come a long way together from our humble beginnings and the basement apartment that had been our first home as newlyweds in 1957, when I was still a law student at Laval University in Quebec City.” WayFirstsLongStillsTwoHomeTogetherLawCitiesStudentsUniversityHumbleApartmentLong WayBasementsQuebecTwo Of UsNewlywedsHumble BeginningsLaw StudentsFirst Home Author:Jean Chretien
“Nothing less than the majesty of God, and the powers of the world to come, can maintain the peace and sanctity of our homes, the order and serenity of our minds, the spirit of patience and tender mercy in our hearts. Then will even the merest drudgery of duty cease to humble us, when we transfigure it by the glory of our own spirit.” WorldMindHeartHomeSpiritOrderDutyGloryMercyHumbleCeaseSerenityMajestySanctityDrudgeryTender Mercies Book:Endeavors After the Christian Life: A Volume of Discourses Source: Endeavors After the Christian Life: A Volume of Discourses
“Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.” GodHomeEyeRememberRightsWinterHumbleSnowHillsVillageAfghanistanAlmightySavagesSanctityAlmighty GodSanctity Of LifeWinter Snow Author:William E. Gladstone