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• The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Life, Courage, Disappointment

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• A proud monk needs no demon. He has turned into one, an enemy to himself.

  John Climacus

  Enemy, Needs, Proud

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.210, Paulist Press

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• The devil sees nothing more abominable than a truly humble christian, for [that Christian] is just the opposite of [the devil's] own image

  Hans Nielsen Hauge

  Christian, Humble, Opposites

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• Without humility of heart all the other virtues by which one runs toward God seem - and are - absolutely worthless.

  Angela of Foligno

  Running, Heart, Virtue

  Angela (of Foligno), Paul Lachance (1993). “Complete works”, Paulist Pr

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• My power will be in humility.

  Walter Russell

  Secret

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• Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

  Bodhidharma

  Real, Mean, Self

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.105, Macmillan

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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 real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.

  Phillips Brooks

  Real, Humble, Greatness

  Phillips Brooks (2007). “The Purpose and Use of Comfort”, p.340, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Humility is often merely feigned submissiveness assumed in order to subject others, an artifice of pride which stoops to conquer, and although pride has a thousand ways of transforming itself it is never so well disguised and able to take people in as when masquerading as humility.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Pride, Order, People

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• True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us mindful of the nobility God meant us to have. Yet it makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

  Ralph Washington Sockman

  Intelligent, Thinking, Self

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• A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Plato, Lying

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• Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Hype, Prejudice

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.110, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Pride, Men, Firsts

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• God hath sworn to lift on high Who sinks himself by true humility.

  John Keble

  Lifts, True Humility

  John Keble, G. M., George MOBERLY (Bishop of Salisbury.) (1869). “Miscellaneous poems ... Second edition. [The preface signed: G. M., i.e. George Moberly.]”, p.205

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• Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is much lower than thou in worthiness. Learn humble mindedness beforehand, which the Lord commanded in word and showed forth in deed. Hence, do not expect obedience from others, but be ready for obedience thyself.

  Saint Basil

  Humble, Thinking, Men

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• Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Inspirational, Beauty, Way

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• If you wish to cultivate humility, then you should associate with those who are humble.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humble, Buddhism, Wish

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• Humility is attentive patience.

  Simone Weil

  Patience, Humble

  Simone Weil (2015). “First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge”, p.111, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Life, History, Arrogance

  "The Future of Architecture".

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• Humility is the time that you spend in love with existence.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Existence

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• Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.

  William Penn

  Shining

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• Learn to love humility, for it will cover all your sins. All sins are repulsive before God, but the most repulsive of all is pride of the heart. Do not consider yourself learned and wise; otherwise, all your efforts will be destroyed, and your boat will reach the harbor empty. If you have great authority, do not threaten anyone with death. Know that, according to nature, you too are susceptible to death, and that every soul sheds its body as its final garment.

  Anthony of Padua

  God, Wise, Heart

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• To the humble, the Lord has given this promise: "If men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me."

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Strong, Humble, Men

  "Come unto Christ".

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• Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Friendship, Confidence, Humble

  Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alfred Dupont Chandler, Louis Galambos (1978). “The papers: The chief of staff”

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• The only way you will advance spiritually is through humility.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Way

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• When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.

  Laozi

  Taken, Merit, Citizenship

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