True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

Quote by Ralph W Sockman

Topics: Humility Quotes, Self-respect Quotes, Thinking Quotes

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its...

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its...

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures...

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures...

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance...

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance...

When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put...

When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put...

Love is the outreach of self toward completion.

Love is the outreach of self toward completion.

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us...

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us...

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures...

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures...

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called...

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called...

The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.

The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and...

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and...

Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and...

Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and...

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk...

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk...

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of...

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people...

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with...

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with...

Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with...

Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with...