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"It's no shame in reaching second or third base if you aimed for first base."
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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"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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"You can divide my life into two."
Life
"What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?"
Obligation
"Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children."
Family
"It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability."
Family
"In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society."
Society
"My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well."
Family
"My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me."
Family
"I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man."
Man
"This is the war I fear."
War
"No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew."
Knowledge
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