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It is only people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things. You have alwa...

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I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is err...

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I like the scientific spirit—the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to su...

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Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman's Camden Conversations

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses...

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My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, ...

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Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches wi...

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Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the worl...

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Almost all religions from Buddhism to Islam feature either a humble prophet or a prince who comes to...

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Christopher Hitchensgod is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion ...

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To be humble is to be so sure of one's self and one's mission that one can forego calling excessive ...

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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face ...

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I'm always asked, 'What's the secret to success?' But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. An...

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Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to wear...

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We can choose to humble ourselves by receiving counsel and chastisement. We can choose to humble our...

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We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming th...

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The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means cha...

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The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important f...

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They hate you because you act like you're better than they are...." "[they are] Four that you humili...

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Don't be humble... you're not that great.

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind — that its modest and great...

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H. L. MenckenThe Artist: A Drama Without Words

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud ...

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I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that le...

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Hermann HesseDemian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

The pilgrim is humble and devout, and human, and charitable, and ready to smile and admire; therefor...

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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.

Let us be a little humble let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.

The landscape painter must walk in the fields with a humble mind. No arrogant man was ever permitted...

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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that a...

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If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have s...

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You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're ...

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You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have ...

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You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not ...

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Lloyd AlexanderThe Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen

The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.

I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, b...

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Mahatma GandhiThe Story of My Experiments With Truth

We are like poor people, who have nothing but each other, and are happy.

We should tell ourselves, once and for all, that it is the first duty of the soul to become as happy...

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Look. I know what I believe. It's in my soul. But I constantly tell our people: you should be convin...

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Mitch AlbomHave a Little Faith: a True Story

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have receiv...

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These are the few ways we can practice humility:To speak as little as possible of one's self.To mind...

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Mother TeresaThe Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living

At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get ve...

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It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

I love you without knowing how, nor when, nor from where,I love you directly without problems or pri...

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The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your ...

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If one has the answers to all the questions - that is the proof that God is not with him. It means t...

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