As quoted in The Book of Unusual Quotations (1957) by Rudolf Franz Flesch, p. 122.
Source: Autobiography of a Yogi (1946), Ch. 34 : Materializing a Palace in the Himalayas
“Faith is the champion of grace, and love the nurse; but humility is the beauty of grace.”
Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 221.
1941 - 1967
Source: 'statement by the Chairman of the Jury', Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 1951, p. 7
“Humility, that low, sweet root
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.”
The Loves of the Angels, The Third Angel's Story.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.”
Humility.
Table Talk (1689)
“Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.”
Epistle to Congreve (1693), line 19.
“Patience is a virtue,
Virtue is a grace.
Grace is a little girl
Who would not wash her face.”
Source: Lady Daisy
Unpacking my Library: A Talk About Book Collecting (1931)
Context: Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. … Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.
“We prepare for success by acquiring virtues.”
Source: Doing Virtuous Business (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 20.
