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• The church does not need apologists of its causes nor crusaders of its battles, but sowers humble and confident of the truth, who ... trust of its power

  Pope Francis

  Church, Battle, Doe

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• The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.

  John Stott

  Christian, Hands, Leader

  John R. W. Stott (1985). “Involvement: Social and sexual relationships in the modern world”, Fleming H. Revell Company

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• America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity to all citizens, no matter how humble their background, so they could climb higher, help build the American dream, and leave a better life for those who follow.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dream, Mean, Opportunity

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• The more humble, needy, and subdued you are before Allah, the closer you will be to Him.

  Ibn Taymiyyah

  Needy

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• Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Sacrifice

  Rudyard Kipling (1994). “The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling”, p.314, Wordsworth Editions

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• Some people call Police Story the greatest action film of all time, and while I have to be humble and say that I disagree, it's definitely the favorite action film I've ever made.

  Jackie Chan

  People, Police, Stories

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• That man is truly humble who neither claims any personal merit in the sight of God, nor proudly despises brethren, or aims at being thought superior to them, but reckons it enough that he is one of the members of Christ, and desires nothing more than that the Head alone should be exalted.

  John Calvin

  Men, Sight, Desire

  John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Matthew”, p.360, Ravenio Books

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• If you want to be useful, you can always start now. It will be a humble prototype of your grand vision, but you’ll be in the game. Start by teaching someone this week. Starting small puts 100% of your energy into solving real problems for real people.

  Derek Sivers

  Real, Teaching, Games

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• Injury in general teaches you to appreciate every moment. I've had my share of injuries throughout my career. It's humbling. It gives you perspective. No matter how many times I've been hurt, I've learned from that injury and come back even more humble.

  Troy Polamalu

  Hurt, Careers, Appreciate

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• A truly humble person knows that they are nothing in themselves but they are everything in Christ.

  Joyce Meyer

  Christ, Persons, Knows

  Twitter post from Jan 5, 2013

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• All converted people should labor to adorn the doctrine they profess by humility. If they can do nothing else, they can strive to be humble.

  J. C. Ryle

  Humility, People, Doctrine

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• Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.

  George Whitefield

  Thinking, Littles, Praying

  John Gillies, George Whitefield (1839). “Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield”, p.61

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• Let your work speak for you.Stay humble.And just DO the work.

  Ledisi

  Speak, Stay Humble

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• Through courtesy you will take a humble attitude toward your opponent in training & be grateful to him.

  Shigeru Egami

  Art, Attitude, Grateful

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• Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the importunity of the widow inclined a wicked and unjust judge to grant her petition (cf. Lk. 18:1 ff.). The Lord gave this parable for a special purpose ? to teach us not to faint, but to pray patiently. If an unjust judge was persuaded to grant the petition of the widow, how can God fail to incline His ear to our prayers, if we persist in imploring Him since He is the essence of lovingkindness?

  Lorenzo Scupoli

  Christian, Prayer, Persistence

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• Prayer changes from entreaty to thanksgiving, and meditation on the divine truths of faith fills the heart with a sense of jubilation and unimpeachable hope. This hope is a foretaste of future blessings, of which the soul even now receives direct experience, and so it comes to know in part the surpassing richness of God's bounty, in accordance with the Psalmist's words, 'Taste and know that the Lord is bountiful' (Ps. 34:8). For He is the jubilation of the righteous, the joy of the upright, the gladness of the humble, and the solace of those who grieve because of Him.

  Gregory Palamas

  Christian, Prayer, Heart

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• "Do you love me?"; "Are you my friend?". The One who scrutinizes hearts (cf. Rom 8:27), makes himself a beggar of love and questions us on the one truly essential issue, a premiss and condition for feeding his sheep, his lambs, his Church. May every ministry be based on this intimacy with the Lord; living from him is the measure of our ecclesial service which is expressed in the readiness to obey, to humble ourselves, as we heard in the Letter to the Philippians, and for the total gift of self.

  Pope Francis

  Heart, Sheep, Self

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• The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Spiritual, Journey, Purification

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• Always be humble enough to learn something new. Otherwise, it's only a matter of time before your knowledge becomes outdated.

  Clinton Anderson

  Matter, Enough, Something New

  "World Equestrian Games? You Bet!". Interview with Jennifer Forsberg Meyer, horseandrider.com. June 9, 2010.

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• Being humble doesn't work as well as being aware.

  Drake

  Be Humble, Wells

  "Song: 0 to 100 / the catch up (Album: Hood Heat, Vol. 1)". 2014.

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• I beg Our Lord, Monsieur, that we may be able to die to ourselves in order to rise with Him, that he may be the joy of your heart, the end and soul of your actions, and your glory in heaven. This will come to pass if, from now on, we humble ourselves as He humbled Himself, if we renounce our own satisfaction to follow Him by carrying our little crosses, and if we give our lives willingly, as He gave His, for our neighbor whom He loves so much and whom He wants us to love as ourselves.

  Vincent de Paul

  Faith, Heart, Order

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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• [L]et us believe that all is going along the best in the world when we take no satisfaction in it, provided we humble ourselves for this and redouble our confidence in God.

  Vincent de Paul

  Faith, Believe, World

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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• Only the inner vision of God, only the God-blindedness of unreservedly dedicated souls, only the utterly humble ones can bow and break the raging pride of a power-mad world.

  Thomas Raymond Kelly

  Pride, Mad, Soul

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• They were the triumphant and insolent possessors; they had a hall, and a fire, and food and clothing and money, and so they might preach to hungry men, and the hungry men must be humble and listen. They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their souls was that they had not managed to get a decent existence for their bodies?

  Upton Sinclair

  Men, Fire, Soul

  Upton Sinclair (2016). “The Jungle”, p.260, First Avenue Editions

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• My imagination would never have served me as it has, but for the habit of commonplace, humble, patient, daily, toiling, drudging attention

  Charles Dickens

  Science, Imagination, Attention

  Charles Dickens, Georgina Hogarth, Mamie Dickens, Laurence Hutton, Richard Herne Shepherd (1908). “Letters and Speeches”

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