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Humility Quotes
"Great man is the one who is aware of his smallness in this universe! Greatness starts first of all with accepting the reality."
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"Dad had turned conservative, but not in the way of the demonologists who sold us out for tenure and crumbs. More like a man who spurns the false talk of revolution for the humbler mission of resurrecting one soul at a time."
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"They may hail you like an Angel. They may claim you are the world's prince of princes. They may lift you with praise many kilometers above sea level. They may say you are the best of the bests. ....But always remember "you are a human being" with flesh and blood."
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"Humility and brokenness before God is the key to making your body the dwelling place of God."
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"Real humility knows how to slam a door closed and say no more. You can't be humble without self-love."
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"I pray that I am never so foolishly naive or roguishly pompous to think that I can be the captain of my own ship, for if God is not at the helm my ship will soon be at the bottom."
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"I think myself so terribly 'clever' that the need for God is blatantly irrelevant. And all the while, in the rapidly growing mess that I'm 'cleverly' creating, I rather quickly begin to realize that the only thing that is relevant is His relevance."
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"Life is so humbling, when we slow down and witness the gifts."
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"It does not pay away a penny from you to say "am sorry", "I won't do that again"! It does not take away your integrity to appreciate the very little that you have obtained from someone, even if it's not much! True humility speaks "little is enough if God is in it."
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"Once I finally understand the immensity of my own impoverishment, I am finally in a position to see the enormity of God's majesty."
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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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"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."
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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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"If you feel the need to laugh at people's weaknesses, laugh at yours first."
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"When building a team do not look at people's weaknesses, instead look at their strengths."
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"Self-confident people are proud of their accomplishments, but can remain humble without bragging."
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"He whose speech, behavior and humility captivates people's minds, becomes worthy of worship by people."
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"We humble ourselves under the mighty grace of the Creator. He will deliver us from every chain and oppression."
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"We should be selfless in our practice as believers."
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"Religious traditions and selfish agenda are laid aside when we are poor in spirit."
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"We all need to humble ourselves from time to time and expose ourselves to new perspectives and ideas, even those of the non-experts, or else our growth potential gets weighed down with the ignorance of ego and habit."
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"Nothing humbles a rich man better than a poor man that isn't willing to do 'anything' for money."
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"The most secretive news that can make you to shake hands with great people is humility. Pride on the other way is a dream killer."
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