True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility. —Bryant H. McGill More about this quote Tags: love humility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Bryant H. McGill You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate. —Bryant H. McGill More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate. —Bryant H. McGill More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “humility” But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a. —John Galliano More about this quote Tags: humility art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I am no more humble than my talents require. —Oscar Levant More about this quote Tags: talent humility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: humility honor awards Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email In 1941 Sergeant James Allen Ward was awarded the Victoria Cross for climbing out onto the wing of his Wellington bomber at thirteen thousand feet to extinguish a fire in the starboard engine. Secured only by a rope around his waist, he smothered the fire and returned along the wing to the aircraft's cabin. Winston Churchill, an admirer of swashbuckling exploits, summoned the shy New Zealander to 10 Downing Street. Struck dumb with awe in Churchill's presence, Ward was unable to answer the prime minister's questions. Churchill surveyed the unhappy hero with some compassion. "You must feel very humble and awkward in my presence," he said. "Yes, sir," managed Ward. "Then you can imagine how humble and awkward I feel in yours," said Churchill. —The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: war heroism humility compassion fire awe awkwardness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it. —Ben Franklin More about this quote Tags: humility pride irony Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a. —John Galliano More about this quote Tags: humility art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I am no more humble than my talents require. —Oscar Levant More about this quote Tags: talent humility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: humility honor awards Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In 1941 Sergeant James Allen Ward was awarded the Victoria Cross for climbing out onto the wing of his Wellington bomber at thirteen thousand feet to extinguish a fire in the starboard engine. Secured only by a rope around his waist, he smothered the fire and returned along the wing to the aircraft's cabin. Winston Churchill, an admirer of swashbuckling exploits, summoned the shy New Zealander to 10 Downing Street. Struck dumb with awe in Churchill's presence, Ward was unable to answer the prime minister's questions. Churchill surveyed the unhappy hero with some compassion. "You must feel very humble and awkward in my presence," he said. "Yes, sir," managed Ward. "Then you can imagine how humble and awkward I feel in yours," said Churchill. —The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: war heroism humility compassion fire awe awkwardness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it. —Ben Franklin More about this quote Tags: humility pride irony Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email