Arthur Helps Quotes
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
Quotes to Explore
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May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
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If you have doubt about a person's humility or smarts, don't ignore it. More often than not, there is something causing that doubt.
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Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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I would like to think there's some purity in us, yeah. Naive - y'know, purposely naive.
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It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws.
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It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.
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Lots of human-rights tragedies deserve concerts, but there's something extra with Tibet. It's a spiritual culture, a country rooted in humility and compassion. And among artists, there's a lot of Buddhists, people who want an alternative to basic Christianity, which doesn't offer much.
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Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.
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Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
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There's a part of martial arts where we need humility and respect.
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Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.
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You approach faith with humility. You can have some idea, but it boils down to do you see religion as a club, or do you see religion as a path? Do you see it as a wall that separates you or do you see it as a bridge that connects you to God and other people? When you see it as a bridge, you aren't so worried about bringing others over to your side.
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I want to unite our people and our country. I will serve you with humility and force in the name of liberte, egalite, fraternite.
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If we learn not humility, we learn nothing.
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The great pleasure that comes from reading poets such as Mark Doty and Marianne Moore is the realisation that the essential virtues - compassion, wonder, humility, respect for the mysterious - are far from conventionally heroic.
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There is nothing I can do to undo what I did. I can only say again how sorry I am to those I let down and then strive to go forward with a greater sense of humility and purpose, and with gratitude to those who stood with me during a very difficult chapter in my life.
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I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.
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History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.
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Jesus produced mainly three effects: hatred, terror, adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild approval.
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The love of heaven makes one heavenly.
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There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
