"Without humility there can be no humanity."

Buchan, John on humility
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"Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this worlds marvels"

Bonder, Rabino Nilton on humility
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"The disunited mind is far from wise; how can it meditate? How be at peace? When you know no peace, how can you know joy?"

Bhagavad Gita on mind
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"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. [Philippians 2:3]"

Bible on humility
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"Before honor is humility."

Bible on humility
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"What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God."

Baldwin, Monica on humility
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"Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors."

Beethoven, Ludwig Van on humility
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"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels."

Augustine, St. on humility
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"Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life."

Arliss, George on humility
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"It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment."

Bernard, St. on humility
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"The cross is the invincible sanctuary of the humble."

Cass, Eli on humility
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"Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain."

Davis, Joe on humility
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"One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on humility
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"The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod."

Billings, Josh on humility
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"Humility is the ladder to divine understanding."

Unknown, Source on humility
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"If you are right, take the humble side -- you will help the other fellow. If you are wrong, take the humble side -- and you will help yourself."

Unknown, Source on humility
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"The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings."

Sheen, Fulton John on humility
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"The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do."

Ruskin, John on humility
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"A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity."

Ruckett on humility
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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."

Quarles, Francis on humility   

"No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday."

Pope, Alexander on humility
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"Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them."

Mccloy, John (Jay) on humility
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"A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him."

Howe, Edgar Watson on humility
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"The desire of the lazy kill him; for his hands refuse to labor. [Proverbs 21:25]"

Bible on desire
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"While we look not a that things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. [2 Corinthians 4:18]"

Bible on age and aging
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"Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. [Psalm 119:105]"

Bible on direction
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"I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go. I will counsel you with my eye upon you. [Psalm 25:12]"

Bible on direction
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"Ask for the old paths, where the way is good, and walk in it."

Bible on direction
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"Faithful are the wounds of a friend."

Bible on friends and friendship
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"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1]"

Bible on faith
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"Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. [2 Corinthians 4:16]"

Bible on age and aging
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"It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on truth
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Twain, Mark on action
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"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are."

Reagon, Bernice Johnson on challenges
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"Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption. All the desolation of the poor people, not only their material poverty, but their spiritual destitution, must be redeemed. And we must share it, for only by being one with them can we redeem them by bringing God into their lives and bringing them to God."

Mother Teresa on suffering   

"Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on suffering   

"If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive."

Hubbard, Elbert on suffering
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"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

Gibran, Kahlil on suffering
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"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

Flack, Roberta on suffering
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"The salvation of the world is in man's suffering."

Faulkner, William on suffering
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