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• The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick fix over the long haul, cover-up over confession, escapism over confrontation, conform over sacrifice, feeling over commitment, legality over justice, the body over the spirit, anger over forgiveness, man over God.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Forgiveness, God, Christian

  FaceBook post by Ravi Zacharias from Sep 01, 2014

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• Most men are notable for one conspicuous virtue or grace - Moses for meekness, Job for patience, John for love. But, in Jesus you find everything.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Christian, Jesus, Jobs

  St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set”, p.702, Moody Publishers

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• God bless thee; and put meekness in thy breast, Love, charity, obedience, and true duty!

  William Shakespeare

  Charity, Obedience, God Bless

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.426, BookCaps Study Guides

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• If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we should always, at the conclusion of the rebuke, add some kind words. We must heal wounds, as the Samaritan did, with wine and oil. But as oil floats above all other liquors, so meekness should predominate in all our actions.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Anger, Wine, Order

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• Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you wouldn't need if you had stayed single.

  Paul Tournier

  Loyalty, Self, Needs

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• Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

  Don Marquis

  Bible, Jesus, Humble

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• Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

  Simon Sinek

  Confused, Humility, Ideas

  "Be Honest With Yourself: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Purity, Should

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• To one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness is really self-destruction in slow motion. No wonder the Prophet Joseph Smith urged, "Let every selfish feeling be not only buried, but annihilated" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 178). Hence annihilation - not moderation - is the destination! . . . Meekness is the real cure, for it does not merely mask selfishness but dissolves it!

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Selfish, Real, Struggle

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• All men are equal before fish.

  Herbert Hoover

  Funny, Witty, Laughter

  1951 Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish.

  Herbert Hoover

  Men, Lakes, Sea

  Herbert Hoover (1946). “Addresses Upon the Road: World War II, 1941-1945”

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• Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Patience, Revenge, Planning

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.141, 谷月社

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• As one recalls some of the monstrous situations under which human beings have lived and live their lives, one marvels at man's meekness and complacency. It can only be explained by the quality of flesh to become calloused to situations that if faced suddenly would provoke blisters and revolt.

  George Amos Dorsey

  Men, Quality, Flesh

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• Government has become ungovernable; that is, it cannot leave off governing. Law has become lawless; that is, it cannot see where laws should stop. The chief feature of our time is the meekness of the mob and the madness of the government.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Government, Law, Madness

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• The lion of anger shall give place to the lamb of meekness; the raven of uncleanness shall fly before the dove of purity; the vile serpent of deceit shall be trodden under the heel of truth.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Ravens, Giving, Deceit

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1473, Barbour Publishing

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• 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, Deeds, Holiness

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• The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and the ragged stumps of lopped-off limbs; he is also a demure, almost a maidenlike, guest in hall, a gentle, modest, unobtrusive man. He is not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the nth.

  C. S. Lewis

  Mean, Men, Knights

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• Evil and faults are corrected by good, by love, kindness, meekness, humility, and patience.

  John of Kronstadt

  Kindness, Humility, Evil

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• If thou art rich, then show the greatness of thy fortune; or what is better, the greatness of thy soul, in the meekness of thy conversation; condescend to men of low estate, support the distressed, and patronize the neglected. Be great.

  Laurence Sterne

  Art, Greatness, Men

  Laurence Sterne (1823). “Sermons”, p.240

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• Yet it seems to me finishing well in this life is not so much about who is the best or greatest at something, but rather who embraces lowliness of heart. Laying down one's rights- meekness- is a blessed virtue, one that must surely come straight from the Throne of Grace.

  Beverly Lewis

  Blessed, Heart, Rights

  Beverly Lewis (2016). “The Abram's Daughters Collection: Five Novels in One”, p.589, Baker Books

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• If you want to conquer anger, develop meekness and generosity.

  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

  Generosity, Soul, Want

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• Love, patience, and meekness can be just as contagious as rudeness and crudeness.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Rudeness, Patience Love, Contagious

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• In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

  Alexander Smith

  Autumn, Years, Circles

  Alexander Smith (1914). “Dreamthorp”

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• We give our intent to love and meekness, by the working of mercy and grace we are made all fair and clean.

  Julian of Norwich

  Life, Giving, Grace

  Julian of Norwich (2010). “The Collected Works of Julian of Norwich”, p.109, Lulu.com

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• An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Forgiveness, Revenge, Eye

  Kurt Vonnegut (2013). “If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young”, p.26, RosettaBooks

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