Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

My imagination would never have served me as it has, but for the habit of commonplace, humble, patient, daily, toiling, drudging attention

Charles Dickens

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.

Charles Spurgeon

The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.

Charles Spurgeon

We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

Charles Spurgeon

Nothing but grace makes a man so humble and, at the same time, so glad.

Charles Spurgeon

The law is for the self-righteous, to humble their pride: the gospel is for the lost, to remove their despair

Alan Watts

People become concerned with being more humble than other people.

Alan Hansen

Souness critics must eat humble pie as he transforms Newcastle.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of [circumstances]... The man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader. The true leader will have no desire to lord it over God's heritage, but will be humble, gentle, self-sacrificing and altogether ready to follow when the Spirit chooses another to lead.

Alan Moore

If we loved Steve Aylett, really loved him in the way that he deserves, a selfless love that genuinely wanted nothing save his happiness and comfort, we'd lobotomise him.

Andy Stanley

Selfless, generous, compassionate living is unassailable.

Michelle Sheridan

It's all about service to others. It's really a selfless day.

Billy Donovan

They've been totally selfless and they've been all about the team and they've been all about winning.

Mike Doody

The willingness to volunteer is a selfless act.

Mahatma Gandhi

Selfless action is a source of strength.

Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.

Mortimer Adler

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

Sylvia Plath

I do not love; I do not love anybody except myself. That is a rather shocking thing to admit.

Dave Fields

She grounded me very effectively for 30 years.

Derrick Sharp

We've got to keep winning, stay grounded and stay hungry.

Tanit Phoenix

I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.

Mel Netzhammer

I think I'm a leader grounded in reality.

Jewel

I was really intimidated. I was really timid. And so a lot of what Ang did with me was trying to get me grounded and I think that's why he had me do tai chi, just trying to get me settled.

Matt McGorry

For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces. Even when it's a crazy character, grounded comedy resonates more with people because it doesn't look like you're watching someone do vaudeville. No offense to vaudeville.

David Hancock

It is hard to not have the minister you're used to to lean against. But at the same time, I'm grounded in my faith.

Kelly Overton

Being a mom kind of grounded me in a way. Your body takes on a whole new meaning.

Victor LaValle

The journalistic endeavor - at least theoretically - is grounded in objectivity. The goal is to get you to understand what happened, when and to whom.