"The post of honour is a private station."

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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

Humility, Mistake, Learning, Wisdom

"The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

Humility, Man, Will

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

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

Humility, Right, Self

"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

Humility, Empathy, Nobility, Perspective

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

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Humility, Kindness, Generosity, Secrecy

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

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Humility, Man

"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

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"Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!"

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"Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud."

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"Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble."

People

"We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us."

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"If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it."

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"Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below."

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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."

"The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it."

"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."

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"The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune."

"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."

"There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch."

"Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!"

"Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud."

"Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble."

"We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us."

"If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it."

"Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below."

"To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction."