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humility self people
Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then that we should be proud ourselves! Richard Baxter
humility people serious
People often ask themselves the right questions. Where they fail is in answering the questions they ask themselves, and even there they do not fail by much...But it takes time, it takes humility and a serious reason for searching. William Maxwell
humility years design
If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to put wheels on our luggage. William McDonough
humility mean thinking
Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all. Vance Havner
humility pride devil
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
humility pride modesty
Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound. W. S. Gilbert
humility catholic true-humility
True humility scarcely ever utters words of humility. Saint Francis de Sales
humility long generosity
As long as we insist on relating to it strictly on our own terms-as strange to us or subject to us-the wilderness is alien, threatening, fearful. We have no choice then but to become its exploiters, and to lose, by consequence, our place in it. It is only when, by humility, openness, generosity, courage, we make ourselves able to relate to it on its terms that it ceases to be alien. Wendell Berry
humility doubt arrogance
We must learn to acknowledge that the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely understand it. We must abandon arrogance and stand in awe. We must recover the sense of the majesty of creation, and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For I do not doubt that it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.
perfection parent trying
Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my parents. They got it on the first try." (Adrian) Richelle Mead
perfection preparation this-life
This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it.
perfection authenticity antithesis
Perfection is the antithesis of authenticity. Willie Garson
perfection grace pretending
The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending. Tullian Tchividjian
perfection news demand
There is no better news than that the God who makes the demand for perfection also meets the demand for perfection on our behalf.
perfection beloved creation
You are the Beloved, you are the Divine, you are a creation that is made into perfection. Wayne Dyer
perfection innovation style
I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style. Yves Saint Laurent
perfection excellence here-and-there
I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there. Tyra Banks
perfection use goodness
The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal. William Ames
dull
Goethe once said of someone, He is a dull man. If he were a book, I would not read him. James Bryce
dull holiday human knowledge material natural pursuit rather reckless voyage
The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls. Archibald Hill
dull fabulous hard laughed observed travel-and-tourism travelers
We travelers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.
dull dictionary
To make dictionaries is dull work. Samuel Johnson
dull lots
I really have no idea why they are all crashing. There are just lots of rolls. There's never a dull moment, which makes it more challenging.
dull
It's only when you suddenly stop perspiring that your forearms go dull. George Antheil
dull equally neighbour next parties unless
Everyone acknowledges that dinner parties are equally dull in London and Paris, in Calcutta and in New York, unless the next neighbour happens to be peculiarly agreeable. Isabella Bird
dull hiding inside
When we reach reflexively for something to dull an ache inside of us, in that very moment of reaching, we are hiding from our pain. We're storing it away. Tamping it down. Dani Shapiro
dull telling-the-truth trouble
If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull. Rachel Johnson