Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Frayn

And this is a table ma'am. What in essence it consists of is a horizontal rectilinear plane surface maintained by four vertical columnar supports, which we call legs. The tables in this laboratory, ma'am, are as advanced in design as one will find anywhere in the world.

Michael Frayn

It's funny - there's nothing that stops you laughing like the sight of other people laughing about something else.

Mencius

Human nature is disposed to do good.

Michael J. Fox

Humility is always a good thing. It's always a good thing to be humbled by circumstances so you can then come from a sincere place to try to deal with them.

Mark Driscoll

Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.

Teresa Palmer

I came from rather humble beginnings.

Teresa Palmer

I think Aussies try to stay humble.

Ted Turner

If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.

Theodore Parker

Humanity is the sin of God

Theodore Roethke

The self says, I am; The heart says, I am less; The spirit says, you are Nothing.

Malcolm Muggeridge

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Mahatma Gandhi

For us, patriotism is the same as the love of humanity.

Mahatma Gandhi

Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister.

Mahatma Gandhi

Of all the black crimes that humanity is committing against the great Creation, vivisection is the blackest.

Mahatma Gandhi

If untouchability lives, humanity must die.

Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is impossible without humility.

Mahatma Gandhi

India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.

Johannes Tauler

Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.

John Adams

Elections, especially of representatives and counselors, should be annual, there not being in the whole circle of the sciences a maxim more infallible than this, "where annual elections end, there slavery begins." These great men ... should be (chosen) once a year-Like bubbles on the sea of matter bourne, they rise, they break, and to the sea return. This will teach them the great political virtues of humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey.

John Adams

Power in any Form . . . when directed only by human Wisdom and Benevolence is dangerous.

John Adams

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins ... Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey.

Joe Orton

The humble and meek are thirsting for lood

The hump is now getting past the Cedar Run District, now that it's our district. If we get past that we'll take it all the way, at least in my mind.

John Roberts

the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent.

The humble servant of the Lord loves to meditate on the Formless Lord.

John Berger

The human quality Degas most admired was endurance.

The human mind might be sewed, but is always tore.

Michael Ovitz

The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.

Joe Grant

Dali had a good sense of humor - obviously you could tell just looking at him; he was funny.

Jim Yong Kim

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

Eric Sevareid

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Eric Ludy

Humility is measured by how quickly you can admit that you are wrong.

Eric Ludy

The fire to pursue God, the zeal to know God, and the humility to allow God to do whatever He pleases with our lives.