#meek

Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness. ↗

— Richard Mentor Johnson

#christian #christianity #deeds #holiness #lives

And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#death #draws #grow #meek #near

In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#big mouth #city #does #earth #inherit

Be brave if you lose and meek if you win. ↗

— Harvey Penick

#brave #lose #meek #win #you

In spite of his mildness and timidity in reproving, every one about him knew that on the exceptional occasions when he chose, he was absolute. He never, indeed, chose to be absolute except on some one else’s behalf. ↗

— George Eliot

#selflessness #life

There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived when you feel that justice is all on your own side is even more exasperating in marriage than in philosophy. ↗

— George Eliot

#marriage #meekness #patience #life