Occasionally there is a moment in a person’s life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment.
BETTY SMITH
BETTY SMITH
Betty Smith on humility
Betty Smith91 quotes“Occasionally there is a moment in a person’s life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment.”
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She must start out believing in things not of this world. Then when the world becomes too ugly for living in, the child can reach back and live in her imagination.
Betty SmithBetty Smith She told Papa about it. He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. He shook his head sadly and said, “You have a bad case, a very bad case.” “Of what?” “Growing up.
Betty SmithBetty Smith Dear God,’ she prayed, ‘let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.’
Betty SmithBetty Smith New York! I’ve always wanted to see it and now I’ve see it. It’s true what they say– it’s the most wonderful city in the world.
Betty SmithBetty Smith The world was hers for the reading.
Betty SmithBetty Smith I can never give a ‘yes’ or a ‘no.’ I don’t believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable.
Betty SmithBetty Smith From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.
Betty SmithBetty Smith I hate all those flirty-birty games that women make up. Life’s too short. If you ever find a man you love, don’t waste time hanging your head and simpering. Go right up to him and say, ‘I love you. How about getting married?
Betty SmithBetty Smith She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of it
Betty SmithBetty Smith But this tree in the yard-this tree that men chopped down…this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up it’s stump-this tree lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it.
Betty SmithBetty Smith It was a good thing that she got herself into this other school. It showed her that there were other worlds beside the world she had been born into and that these other worlds were not unattainable.
Betty SmithBetty Smith Sometimes I say I don’t believe in God and Jesus and Mary. I’m a bad Catholic because I miss mass once in a while and I grumble when, at confession,
Betty SmithBetty Smith Well’ Francie decided, ‘I guess the thing that is giving me this headache is life – and nothing else but’.
Betty SmithBetty Smith But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.
Betty SmithBetty Smith What must I do, mother, what must I do to make a different world for her? How do I start?” “The secret lies in the reading and the writing. You are able to read.
Betty SmithBetty Smith All of us are what we have to be and everyone lives the kind of life its in him to live.
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By only becoming aware of Krishna’s greatness we can become aware of our minuteness. That’s the way to become Humble.
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Benedict of NursiaBenedict of Nursia It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux Higher position means greater service and an apportunity to purely represent Srila Prabhupada. Hence our management must be based on humility and tolerance.
Bhakti Charu SwamiBhakti Charu Swami Humility does not mean to think yourself less, but to less think of yourself.
Bhakti Tirtha SwamiBhakti Tirtha Swami If every moment is sacred and if you are amazed and in awe most of the time when you find yourself breathing and not crazy, then you are in a state of constant thankfulness, worship and humility.
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