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Edith Sitwell
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I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self it is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that.
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Ted Turner
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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John Ruskin
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I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility.
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Lawrence Peter Berra
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It ain't the heat, it's the humility.
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E. D. Hulse
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Humility is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.
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William Shakespeare
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In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
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Fran Lebowitz
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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Johathan Edwards
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Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility.
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B. J. Gupta
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God, give me courage to do what I can, humility to admit what I can't, and wisdom to know the difference.
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Mark L. Mika
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Always accept good fortune with grace and humility.
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American Indian Proverb
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Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man.
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Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
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Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.
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Lois McMaster Bujold
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You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility.
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COLERIDGE: _The Devil's Thoughts._
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And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility.
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Edwin Holt Hughes
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If we were to be asked suddenly to give a definition of humility we would doubtless be greatly embarrassed.
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Dr. William Claire Menninger
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Six essential qualities that are the key to success Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
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Joseph Priestley
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The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.
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General Douglas MacArthur
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A Prayer For My Son
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory???Give him humility, s
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Stephen Shober
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The mission before us as ambassadors is to assure peace among, as it were, the diplomatic corps of fellow ambassadors. Thus we are to walk in lowliness (humility) and meekness, which foster longsuffering and enable us to forbear one another in love.
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William Shakespeare
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
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Clive Staples Lewis
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A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
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Dee W. Hock
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Never hire or promote in your own image. It is foolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to replicate your weakness. It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.
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What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
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Life is a long lesson in humility.
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The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
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205. A greedy man will always find himself in the shackles of humility.
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Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.
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Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.
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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.
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Personally I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world [chess] championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
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By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and love of God and to man have there been in all my actions?
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The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance. As yet, no short cut has ever been discovered.
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If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
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The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility.
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"The Church must learn humility, as well as teach it." -- Shaw
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"True humility is contentment." -- H.F. Amiel
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"It was a great lesson in humility for us."
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"When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest." Bullwinkle
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