Humble Quotes - Page 34

We have sacrificed the old immaterial gods, and now we are occupying the temple of the Market-God. He organizes our economy, our politics, our habits, our lives, and even provides us with rates and credit cards and gives us the appearance of happiness.

The only way to acquire spiritual knowledge and keep It burning brightly is to be humble, prayerful, and to strive diligently to keep all of the commandments.

Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows.

Few men are both rich and generous; fewer are both rich and humble.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

Fighting's given me confidence but it's also broken me down and kept me humble.

You reap what you sow — not something else, but that. An act of love makes the soul more loving. A deed of humbleness deepens humbleness. The thing reaped is the very thing sown, multiplied a hundred fold. You have sown a seed of life, you reap life everlasting.

If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections.

A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their happiness.

I constantly try to humble myself; if you don't, I'm sure the game is going to find a way to humble you.

The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breeds pride and arrogance.

I just bought a Lambourghini, I'm not even into racing with a windshield full of tickets cause I live right by the station.

When I leave I always come right back here. The young spitter that everybody in rap fear.

Rap is stress, but it pays great.

Might have been a time when I loved her too but you take that away and you'll always be the one.

I'm tryna do it all tonight, I got plans. I got a certain lust for life, and as it stands.

I'm busy gettin rich. I don't want trouble. I made enough for 2 niggas, boy, stunt double.

Know you got a roommate, call me when it's no one there. Put the key under the mat and you know I'll be over there

Got niggas reacting without a sinus cause what I'm working with is timeless.

I made mistakes, I made some bread. I even made a way for them to get ahead.

The girl or the world, you see someone gotta lose. I thought I could have it all, do I really gotta choose?

I'm more than just an option.

Some things look better inside of the store.

Then God came to the woman and said to her, "Why did you not keep the commandment?" as if He wanted to say, "At least you, say forgive me, so as to humble your soul and to receive mercy." Again, there was no request for forgiveness. She also answered, "The serpent deceived me," as if she wanted to say, "If the serpent sinned, where is my mistake?"

The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It's a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that's all it is to me.