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• An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

  John Gardner

  Philosophy, Humble, Water

  "Excellence, Can We be Equal and Excellent Too?" by John W. Gardner, (p. 86), 1961.

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• Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

  William Gurnall

  Humble, Soul, Fearful

  William Gurnall (1865). “The Christian in Complete Armour: A Treatise of the Saints' War Against the Devil, Wherein a Discovery is Made of that Grand Enemy of God and His People, in His Policies, Power, Seat of His Empire, Wickedness, and Chief Design He Hath Against the Saints : a Magazine Opened, from Whence the Christian is Furnished with Spiritual Arms for the Battle, Helped on with His Armour, and Taught the Use of His Weapon, Together with the Happy Issue of the Whole War”, p.542

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• Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

  Sigmund Freud

  Love, Change, Humble

  "Unexpected Intimacy: Everyday Connections that Nourish the Soul". Book by Cindy Gabriel, p. 117, 2008.

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• Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

  Abraham Cahan

  Humble, Simple, Modest

  Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.43, Courier Corporation

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• Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

  Joseph Addison

  Humble, Humility, People

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• Just the fact that I'm in the game is great. I'm just blessed to be working. I got a plan, but I'm humble and I try to be humble.

  Mike Epps

  Blessed, Humble, Games

  FaceBook post by Mike Epps from Jan 31, 2013

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• You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.

  Talib Kweli

  Humble, Squash, Arrogant

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• Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

  William Penn

  Humble, Humility, Pride

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

  William Cowper

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow.

  William Dunbar

  Humble, Tonight, Be Kind

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• My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "The Private Albert Einstein". Book by Peter A. Bucky, 1992.

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• One may be humble out of pride.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Humble, Humility, Pride

  Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Essays of Montaigne”, p.758, Xist Publishing

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• Barack Obama says that we need to be humble toward terrorism. Yet he is the one we have been waiting for. That is humble?

  Evan Sayet

  Humble, Usa, Waiting

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• If we remain humble and hungry, we can win.

  Dave Allison

  Humble, Winning, Hungry

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• God's promises are all on condition of humble obedience.

  Ellen G. White

  Humble, Promise, Obedience

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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.

  John J. McCloy

  Respect, Mistake, Humble

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• To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Humble, Humility, Modesty

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.68, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• I am no more humble than my talents require.

  Oscar Levant

  Humble, Talent

  "Memorable Quotations: Jewish Writers of the Past". Book edited by Carol A. Dingle, 2003.

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• Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

  George Arliss

  Life Changing, Humility, Mind

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.

  Joseph Hall

  Humble, Men, Thinking

  Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (1808). “The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works”, p.65

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• Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

  Rick Warren

  Humble, Humility, Thinking

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.134, Zondervan

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• Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

  Jack Lemmon

  Humble, Humility, Phones

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• Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Religious, Humility, Humble

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Dog, Humble, Thinking

  Letter to his wife (October 23, 1907). "Letters on Cézanne". Book by Rainer Maria Rilke, 1952.

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• The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

  James M. Barrie

  Love, Humble, Doe

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