Meek Quotes

To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.

As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile.

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

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

Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

I'm not meek at all.

If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.

That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost.