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"It's no shame in reaching second or third base if you aimed for first base."
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"As long as man has pride, he will appear unattractive and no one will be attracted to him. He may have a handsome face, his pride makes him unattractive."
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"From the moment you realize, 'I am the most worthless person in this world'; you become valuable."
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"But the Egotist is stuck somewhere between his hidden triad of pride, fear, and insecurity; he is forever fighting to prove himself, instigating battles the Humbleman has unwittingly conquered, already sealed some time ago. Yes, the day he finally accepts face-to-face such an irony as humility - the irony that humility is indeed the mother of giants, that great men, having life so large, as needed, can afford to appear small - the world will then know peace."
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"If a person does five samayiks (introspective meditation) he will say, 'I did five'- and this is how he will taste the sweetness of the subtle-pride of doership. Actually what he should say is, 'it was due to God's grace that I was able to do five samayik'. He should not taste the sweetness of subtle pride of doership."
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"Great people do not struggle for their position."
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"A person who is humble would never be abusive or selfish, so don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care."
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"The master demon Screwtape identifies elitist humanity's tendency toward "an ingrained habit of belittling anything that concerns the great mass of their fellow men."
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"Humility puts others first because "first" takes on new meaning through the practice of humility."
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"Humility is not thinking less of myself, but thinking about myself less."
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Explore more quotes by George Herbert

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
Time

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."
Family

"Hell is full of good meanings and wishings."
Hell

"Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby."
Mistake

"A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin."
Learning

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

"Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie."
Lie

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

"Storms make the oak grow deeper roots."
Growth

"Love and a cough cannot be hid."
Love
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