"It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush."

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"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

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"To make mistakes or be wrong is human. To admit those mistakes shows you have the ability to learn, and are growing wiser."

Donald L. Hicks, American Author

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

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

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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."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

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

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Humility, God, Man, Mankind, Study

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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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."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Humility, Knowledge, Morality, Wisdom

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father."

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"Never was a miser a brave soul."

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"There would be no great men if there were no little ones."

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"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him."

"To make mistakes or be wrong is human. To admit those mistakes shows you have the ability to learn, and are growing wiser."

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

"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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"The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one."

"Night is the mother of counsels."

"A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread."

"You must lose a fly to catch a trout."

"Love and a cough cannot be hid."

"Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path."

"One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father."

"Never was a miser a brave soul."

"Good words are worth much, and cost little."

"There would be no great men if there were no little ones."