True love is the parent of humility.

Quote by William Ellery Channing

Topics: Love Quotes

Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by...

Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by...

The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of...

The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but...

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but...

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men....

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men....

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Error is discipline through which we advance.

Error is discipline through which we advance.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass...

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass...

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather...

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather...

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Life has a higher end, than to be amused.

Life has a higher end, than to be amused.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Life has a higher end,than to be amused.

Life has a higher end,than to be amused.

True love is the parent of humility

True love is the parent of humility

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but...

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but...

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive.

Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive.

The average millionaire can't tell you who got thrown off the island last night.

The average millionaire can't tell you who got thrown off the island last night.