Marian Anderson Quotes

I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.

Let no rank puff up anyone; for faith and love are paramount - the greatest blessings in the world.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

What I see in the Bible, especially in the book of Psalms, which is a book of gratitude for the created world, is a recognition that all good things on Earth are God's, every good gift is from above. They are good if we recognize where they came from and if we treat them the way the Designer intended them to be treated.

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.

I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because it's not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.

I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.

I believe the favor of God on my life is not for me to keep to myself and become proud of, but to be used for others... I believe God has a plan for me in the entertainment world.

I am a person who always tries not to be easily influenced by position or achievement. I thank God for the fact that I can share more kindness and a good quality of life through the popularity. Not for the popularity itself.

God gave me an ability to throw a baseball. He chose me for a reason, and I want to honor Him with that.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

My father and mother had no sense of entitlement for their children.

In our family, where we began with no money, we like to say that we have discovered that God invented money so those who have it can help others.

Pride is tough. You go to high school, and its 'pride,' 'courage;' it's all these types of words that we use to motivate us. I don't think there's anywhere in the Scriptures through the saints' lives where pride was ever a positive characteristic of anybody.

I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God, and I try to share it with as many people as possible.

My speed is a gift from God, and I run for His glory. Whatever I do, it all comes from him.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

There is nothing special about Tim Scott. I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God and that makes the difference.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

Being humble matters.

I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.

Work at being a humble person.

Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.