Sentence examples for humble station from inspiring English sources

Mr. Jones may be trying to show that Elizabeth's selfless concern for her subjects (about which she reminds us on more than one occasion) is reciprocated by an enduring popular reverence for the monarchy, even by those of humble station.

The only station left is Bowling Green, and these days the humble station could be described in almost biblical terms: It is the eye of the needle through which the camel is trying to pass.

Like the heroine of that movie, Jackie starts out as an office underling and, by dint of her natural moxie and her refusal to take no for an answer, quickly rises above her humble station.

Telling the story of the young, impassioned hero, Julien Sorel, as he exerts himself to rise above his humble station using a mixture of native gifts and hypocrisy, Stendhal wrote in a style inimical to both Classicists and Romantics alike; and so the book reads astonishingly freshly today.

I felt by making my mark and voting for a welfare state, I was declaring to my country, my peers and those that did not live to see that election day, that my destiny mattered regardless of my humble station in life.

Sarah Palin was "merely" a governor of America's largest state per area, and for this relatively humble station, she received cheers from other GOP leaders for her courage to challenge the platforms of the political elite.

The decision on rebuilding the current palace, whose classical design by Georges H. Baussan was chosen in 1912 after a national competition, remains a long way off, said Haitian government officials, who have relocated to a humble police station across the capital.

Deep Fritz, a humble work station, beat world champion Vladimir Kramnik in 2006.

Ferrari executives wouldn't discuss the capital outlay involved in transforming the humble Shell station into Casa Ferrari.

Throughout his monetary arguments, the Drapier constantly acknowledges how humble his station in life is, and incorporates theological and classical allusions to mock Wood.

However different the lives of parents, however high or humble their station, it can be said that their aspirations for their children are remarkably alike:  To be safe and happy in childhood; to grow up healthy and strong; to live long and prosper (to quote a great philosopher); to do good, even great deeds; to receive respect and love; and to have children of their own.