Edwin Hubbel Chapin Quotes

Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

Meekness, the subtraction of self, reduces the multiplication of words.

Let weakness learn meekness.

Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.

Nothing is more powerful than meekness. For as fire is extinguished by water, so a mind inflated by anger is subdued by meekness. By meekness we practice and make known our virtue, and also cause the indignation of our brother to cease, and deliver his mind from perturbation.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

Jesus was humble when He walked this earth. He had all power, yet used all meekness.

Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.

Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

Humility is the surest sign of strength.

Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character.

Are we proud and passionate, malicious and revengeful? Is this to be like-minded with Christ, who was meek and lowly?

Let thy virtue be too high for the familiarity of names, and if thou must speak of it, be not ashamed to stammer about it.

Humility is a virtue; timidity is an illness.

The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.

. . . meekness,love, purity, these are the things that should magnify us.

We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted but not forsaken. It’s easy to humiliate and crush people who are open, but when I am weak, then I am strong.

These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to want to manage other people's affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be kind and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one's dignity. To choose always the hardest.

More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms.

A modest man never talks of himself.

Being humble is cooler than being famous.