Favorite Quotations
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Humility
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True humility is not an abject, groveling, self despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us. ~ Tryon Edwards There ain't never a horse that never been rode; there ain't never a rider that can't be thrown. ~ Gary Cooper Humility is the first of virtues for other people. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: Humility is endless. - T.S. Eliot Don’t be humble. You’re not that great. ~ Golda Meir Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself that way and so will other people. ~ Norman Vincent Peale Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servants, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity. ~ John Seldon Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends. ~ Dwight Eisenhower The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. ~ William Jennings Bryan 1 | 2
"Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man." ~ Franz Kafka