Peter Marshall Quotes

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

I have learnt three things from Barry John which are applicable to life, too: Don't expect anything from another actor, one shouldn't judge, and one shouldn't block things.

Humility is always a good thing. It's always a good thing to be humbled by circumstances so you can then come from a sincere place to try to deal with them.

I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.

I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind.

When you're out in the field and spending time in these different places around the world, humility is one of the most important assets that will serve you well.

I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.

I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility. . . . There are arrogant people in this world and, what is worse, arrogant judges.

I try my best to learn from other people's mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.

I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person's heart

As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

I think 'growing up' would mean that you are incredibly tolerant and easygoing, liked everything, curious about the world because you weren't so egotistically driven.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.

Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.