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"For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he is fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another."
Criss Jami
"For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he is fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another."
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"If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility."
Paul Keating
"If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility."
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"People often told him how humble he was, but they did not mean real humility, it was merely that he did not flaunt his membership in the wealthy club, did not exercise the rights it brought-to be rude, to be inconsiderate, to be greeted rather than to greet-and because so many others like him exercised those rights, his choices were interpreted as humility."
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"People often told him how humble he was, but they did not mean real humility, it was merely that he did not flaunt his membership in the wealthy club, did not exercise the rights it brought-to be rude, to be inconsiderate, to be greeted rather than to greet-and because so many others like him exercised those rights, his choices were interpreted as humility."
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"Being put in our place by something larger, older, greater than ourselves is not a humiliation; it should be accepted as a relief from our insanely hopeful ambitions for our lives."
Alain de Botton
"Being put in our place by something larger, older, greater than ourselves is not a humiliation; it should be accepted as a relief from our insanely hopeful ambitions for our lives."
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"Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness."
Publilius Syrus
"Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness."
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"The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be."
John Templeton
"The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be."
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"I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows."
Evita Peron
"I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows."
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"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"
Alexander Pope
"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"
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"The post of honour is a private station."
Joseph Addison
"The post of honour is a private station."
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"If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest."
Jerome K. Jerome
"If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest."
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"I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles."
Antonio Tabucchi
"I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles."
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"To be full of yourself is to make a fool of yourself."
Ashly Lorenzana
"To be full of yourself is to make a fool of yourself."
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"You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you."
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"The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it."
Mignon McLaughlin
"The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it."
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"The next time you think you're perfect, try walking on water."
Ziad K. Abdelnour
"The next time you think you're perfect, try walking on water."
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"Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom."
William Penn
"Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom."
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"Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility."
James Montgomery
"Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility."
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"To enjoy a peaceful & Beautiful Life We should open our 'EYE' and Close our 'I'."
Abhysheq Shukla
"To enjoy a peaceful & Beautiful Life We should open our 'EYE' and Close our 'I'."
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"Eating humble pie is not very enjoyable, and it is even less so eating it alone."
Jeffrey Fry
"Eating humble pie is not very enjoyable, and it is even less so eating it alone."
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"The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity."
Benjamin Disraeli
"The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity."
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"I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid."
Terry Bradshaw
"I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid."
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"True knowledge should not produce pride; it should produce humility...Because the more you know, the more you know how much you don't know."
Mark Batterson
"True knowledge should not produce pride; it should produce humility...Because the more you know, the more you know how much you don't know."
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"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."
Henri Frederic Amiel
"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."
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"I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause."
Willie Stargell
"I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause."
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"In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet."
Winston Churchill
"In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet."
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"Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride."
Jonathan Swift
"Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride."
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"It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush."
George Herbert
"It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush."
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"Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God."
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"I ain't got no right to judge someone."
Frank Bruno
"I ain't got no right to judge someone."
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"If you are 'humble', it may help you in ordinary life. If you are not, you will get nowhere in higher things."
Idries Shah
"If you are 'humble', it may help you in ordinary life. If you are not, you will get nowhere in higher things."
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"Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces."
William Gurnall
"Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces."
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"There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status."
Nelson Mandela
"There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status."
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"You can always tell when someone deserves the praise and recognition they receive, because it humbles them rather than inflating their ego."
Ashly Lorenzana
"You can always tell when someone deserves the praise and recognition they receive, because it humbles them rather than inflating their ego."
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"The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant."
Plato
"The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant."
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"If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search."
John Templeton
"If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search."
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"Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility."
Adam Clarke
"Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility."
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"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."
Voltaire
"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."
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"To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified."
William James
"To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified."
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"All rivers pay homage to the ocean for it lies lowest."
Jeffrey Fry
"All rivers pay homage to the ocean for it lies lowest."
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"It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity."
John Templeton
"It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity."
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"The Mind may relish the companionship of bloated self-pride - but the Soul, will not."
Eleesha
"The Mind may relish the companionship of bloated self-pride - but the Soul, will not."
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"Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled."
Samuel Richardson
"Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled."
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"Beware pride, it would have us seek revenge from those most deserving of our pity."
Wayne Gerard Trotman
"Beware pride, it would have us seek revenge from those most deserving of our pity."
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"We don't really know anything. Those who accept this are more likely to learn something."
Wayne Gerard Trotman
"We don't really know anything. Those who accept this are more likely to learn something."
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"The more he needs God, the more deeply he comprehends he is in need of God, and then the more he in his need presses forward to God, the more perfect he is... To need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is perfection itself."
Soren Kierkegaard
"The more he needs God, the more deeply he comprehends he is in need of God, and then the more he in his need presses forward to God, the more perfect he is... To need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is perfection itself."
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"Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves."
Timothy J. Keller
"Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves."
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"Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves."
William Law
"Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves."
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"Have a heart which does not trample down simplicity and humility."
Angelica Hopes
"Have a heart which does not trample down simplicity and humility."
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"The word majesty was now dropped; but, with the deepest respect and humility, I was addressed as the count. What could I do? I accepted the title, and from that moment I was known as Count Peter."
Adelbert von Chamisso
"The word majesty was now dropped; but, with the deepest respect and humility, I was addressed as the count. What could I do? I accepted the title, and from that moment I was known as Count Peter."
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"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."
Abraham Lincoln
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."
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