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What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.
May exalting and humanizing thoughts forever accompany me, making me confident without pride, and modest without servility.
My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility.
Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.
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.
Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility.
Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.
Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
Humiliating people in the name of religion is the practice of someone deprived of the first fruit of religion, # humility .
ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.
It is good to be taught humility when we are young. If we do not exeperience pain as children, we will cause pain as adults.
It is a little learning, and but a little, which makes men conclude hastily. Experience and humility teach modesty and fear.
Every day work on your humility through your meditation, giving more of yourself, giving those things you don't want to give.
God, give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst!
The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn-the less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything.
It is easy to be humble when a greater is preferred; but when an inferior is lifted high above our heads, how can we bear it?
Teach me. Lord, my true condition; Bring me childlike to Thy knee; Stripped of every low ambition, Willing to be led by Thee.
humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.
Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become human.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Prayer needs no speech. It is in itself independent of any sensuous effort. But it must be combined with the utmost humility.
Spread abroad the name of Jesus in humility and with a meek heart; show him your feebleness, and he will become your strength.
Humility accepts that God places us in the right place at every single moment, not a moment to soon and not a moment too late.
Humility is the armour that you clothe yourself with throughout your life. We demean each other rather than lift up ourselves.
If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high.
All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed.
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.
Humility is of central importance; I think it's an underappreciated virtue in the contemporary discussion of law and politics.
For me hope isn't wishful thinking or blind faith about the future. It's a stance toward life - one of curiosity and humility.
Ego synthesized is selfhood, the sense of self-importance, that you really matter ... nothing could be further from the truth.
Oh, how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole world while we are living!
I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.
I think humility - which I think is a very good value to adopt - is basically an extension of understanding your own ignorance.
What is important is not victory or the position of a victor, but rather the labor of striving towards God and devotion to Him.
The humility that cringes in order that reproof may be escaped or favor obtained is as unchristian as it is profoundly immoral.
Integrity, like humility, is a quality which vanishes the moment we are conscious of it in ourselves. We see it only in others.
True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility; the other kind of will is weakness disguised by bluster and ambition.
Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself.
When you step out there on the field as a corner in our system, you have to be ready to play because humility is one week away.
Humility means coming to the root of the matter, honestly looking at yourself and saying: "This is me for better or for worse."
Cancer has given me a dose of humility. I'm much more empathetic. It's a club I would rather not have joined, but it is a club.
I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had.
When allowed to return to the class, your feelings of humility and lonesomeness will render you a much finer student and person.
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.
In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.
No structure of virtue can possibly be raised in our soul unless, first, the foundations of true humility are laid in our heart.
God is the embodiment of compassion. He watches for a grain of goodness or humility so that He can reward it with tons of grace.