#hum

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#expressive #freshness #genius #humbles #illiterate

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#bad #bad manners #called #humanity #manners

You have to demand things and believe you're worth more. And once you do demand them, you're usually going to get them. The players who first came in were very humble because we came from obscurity. Today's players, on the other hand, have a sense of entitlement. ↗

— Sue Wicks

#believe #came #demand #entitlement #first

It was a basic tenet of faith with men of Ranulf’s class that a knight, trained in the ways of war since boyhood, could easily vanquish lesser foes, as much a belief in the superiority of blood and breeding as in the benefits of battle lore and killing competence. Ranulf had accepted this comforting conviction, too, but no one seemed to have told his assailants that they were inferior adversaries. ↗

— Sharon Kay Penman

#faith

Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing. ↗

— Jordyn Wieber

#been #being #being proud #humble #important

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#beings #encourages #endure #helps #human

No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#faith #human #human race #inferior #judgments

Human beings should be held accountable. Leave god alone. He has enough problems. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#alone #beings #enough #god #held

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#among #beings #comes #decide #everybody

The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many. ↗

— David Wilkerson

#alcoholics #around #born #centers #challenge