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• If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most humble and tolerant hearts.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Country, Heart, Hands

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• Love is never abstract. It does not adhere to the universe or the planet or the nation or the institution or the profession, but to the singular sparrows of the street, the lilies of the field, "to the least of these my brethren." Love is not, by its own desire, heroic. It is heroic only when compelled to be. It exists by its willingness to be anonymous, humble, and unrewarded.

  Wendell Berry

  Love, Desire, Doe

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• Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. If you cannot contemplate high and heavenly things, take refuge in the Passion of Christ, and love to dwell within His Sacred Wounds. For if you devoutly seek the Wounds of Jesus and the precious marks of His Passion, you will find great strength in all troubles.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Jesus, Prayer, Passion

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• Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.

  A. R. Rahman

  Passion, Successful, Empowering

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• But twice-two-makes-four is for all that a most insupportable thing. Twice-two-makes-four is, in my humble opinion, nothing but a piece of impudence. Twice-two-makes-four is a farcical, dressed-up fellow who stands across your path with arms akimbo and spits at you.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Math, Two, Pieces

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky”, p.124, Modern Library

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• These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.

  Laozi

  Pride, Three, Care

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• It is satisfying following such an emphatic victory over the current unbeaten champion (Lucian Bute) to know that there's a lot of people eating humble pie.

  Carl Froch

  Motivation, Pie, People

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• Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest works of art and the most important works of peace were created by people who had no need for the limelight. They knew that what they were doing was their call, and they did it with great patience, perseverance, and love.

  Henri Nouwen

  Perseverance, Art, Real

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  Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.

  Jesse Jackson

  Leadership, Strong, Pain

  1984 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 18 July 1984, San Francisco

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• Who are we, as we stand before the child Jesus? Who are we, standing as we stand before today's children? Are we like Mary and Joseph, who welcomed Jesus and cared for him with the love of a father and a mother? Or are we like Herod, who wanted to eliminate him? Are we like the shepherds, who went in haste to kneel before him in worship and offer him their humble gifts? Or are we indifferent?

  Pope Francis

  Mother, Jesus, Children

  Pope Francis (2016). “I Believe: The Promise of the Creed”, p.49, Orbis Books

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• The humble person receives praise the way a clean window takes the light of the sun. The truer and more intense the light is, the less you see of the glass.

  Thomas Merton

  Glasses, Light, Way

  Thomas Merton (1972). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.189, New Directions Publishing

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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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• If we were humble, nothing would change us-neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged. If someone would praise us, we also would not feel proud.

  Mother Teresa

  Proud, Praise, Discouraged

  Mother Teresa (1996). “In My Own Words”

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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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• 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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• Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.

  J. C. Ryle

  Spiritual, Disappointment, Loss

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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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• We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the prophets, who looked on them only as sweet-voiced singers, and nothing more; they did not wish to fulfill their commands, they even despised, persecuted, beat and killed them; lest we should be like those, by whom 'no prophet is accepted in his own country' (Lk. 4:24).

  John of Kronstadt

  Christian, Country, Sweet

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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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