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Humility
«To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.»
Author: Charles de Montesquieu
(Philosopher, Politician)
| About:
Brotherhood,
Greatness,
Humility
| Keywords:
Great One
«Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us all forward.»
«True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.»
Author: Ralph W. Sockman
| About:
Humility,
Self-respect,
Thinking
| Keywords:
come short, highly, humility, meanly, modest, reminding, self respect
«The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it»
Author: Edgar Watson Howe
(Editor, Essayist, Novelist)
| About:
Humility
| Keywords:
appreciation, Hard on, humiliation
«The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it»
Author: Mignon McLaughlin
(Author, Journalist)
| About:
Humility
| Keywords:
humility, proud, proud of
«The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.»
Author: Norman Vincent Peale
(Clergyman, Writer)
| About:
Energy,
Humility,
Perspective
| Keywords:
bigger, energy, Something Big
«The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause is stronger than all the hosts of error»
Author: William Jennings Bryan
(Orator, Politician)
| About:
Humility
| Keywords:
armor, Citizen of, clad, hosts
«The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Church,
Humility
| Keywords:
humility
