Why did everything always change when all you wanted, all you had ever humbly asked of whatever God there might be, was that certain things be allowed to stay the same?
All love will, one day, meet with its return. All true love will, one day, behold its own image in the eyes of the beloved, and be humbly glad.
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.
Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.
Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an instrument of annihilating egoism.
Freedom prospers only where the blessings of God are avidly sought, and humbly accepted.
Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
We receive God's grace by humbly admitting that we need it.
I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side.
It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we dimly perceive, and to try humbly to comprehend an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature.
A father who finds it difficult to express his love vocally for his children may need, at first, to be humbly obedient in holding family home evenings in order to help him to discover, or to increase, his appreciation for his children. Next can come to him the courage to say I love you to each one.
What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
I humbly do beseech of your pardon, For too much loving you
I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way.
Theologians and other clerks, You won't understand this book, -- However bright your wits -- If you do not meet it humbly, And in this way, Love and Faith Make you surmount Reason, for They are the protectors of Reason's house.
We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.
There are four principles we really taught: to live passionately, love completely, learn humbly and then lead boldly.
Experimentation is the least arrogant method of gaining knowledge. The experimenter humbly asks a question of nature.
When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
