“ By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. ”
- Sextus Propertius- Copy
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“ Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be modest about. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody. ”
- Jules Renard- Copy
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“ Neil: The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard. ”
- Robin Williams- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
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“ It is a year for modest economic growth and therefore modest earnings growth. ”
- Charles Stanley- Copy
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“ Possessions, outward success, publicity, LUXURY — to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, "Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus." I said, "That's where I got my information about hell.". ”
- Vance Havner- Copy
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“ Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. ”
- Jefferson Davis- Copy
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“ It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment. ”
- Saint Bernard- Copy
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“ I've never had a humble opinion in my life. If you're going to have one, why bother to be humble about it? ”
- Joan Baez- Copy
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“ The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
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“ The way to succeed is never quit. That's it. But really be humble about it… You start out lowly and humble and you carefully try to learn an accretion of little things that help you get there. ”
- Alex Hailey- Copy
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“ To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together — humble dependence and manly independence: humble dependence on God, and manly reliance on self. ”
- William Wordsworth- Copy
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“ Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. ”
- John Howard Payne- Copy
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“ Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you. ”
- Nicholai Velimirovic- Copy
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“ It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world. ”
- Orison S. Marden- Copy
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“ Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature. ”
- Phillip Lubin- Copy
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“ If living conditions don't stop improving in this country, we're going to run out of humble beginnings for our great men. ”
- Russell P. Askue- Copy
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“ Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs. ”
- Euripides- Copy
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“ The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law. ”
- Andrew Jackson- Copy
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