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Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Every man I meet is in some way my superior."

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"Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self."

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"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."

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"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."

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"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."

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"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man."

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"A minister is coming down every generation nearer and nearer to the common level of the useful citizen - no oracle at all but a man of more than average moral instincts who if he knows anything knows how little he knows."

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"The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God."

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"I don't know how to talk to you, Mrs. Huntingdon . . . you are only half a woman - your nature must be half human, half angelic. Such goodness overawes me; I don't know what to make of it."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's easy to be humble when your life's prosper.Nothing could be denigrated when life's so poor."

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"I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that's beyond my conceit."

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"Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude."
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