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• Humility is to joyfully, voluntarily and quietly submit one's whole life to God's will, to finally use the gift of agency to give one's life back to Him.

  Virginia H. Pearce

  Agency, Giving, Use

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• Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more we take pride in our accomplishment, and we find ourselves back at square one.

  Mike Aquilina

  Pride, Squares, Accomplishment

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• The way to Christ is first through humility, second through humility, and third through humility. If humility does not precede and accompany and follow every good work we do, if it is not before us to focus on, it it is not beside us to lean upon, if it is not behind us to fence us in, pride will wrench from our hand any good deed we do at the very moment we do it.

  Saint Augustine

  Pride, Hands, Focus

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• Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Men, Seeking

  Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]”, p.380, Catholic Way Publishing

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• The cross is the greatest example of humility and devotion in the universe. Jesus put your needs ahead of His own. He considered you more valuable than Himself.

  Chip Ingram

  Jesus, Example, Needs

  Chip Ingram (2009). “True Spirituality: Becoming a Romans 12 Christian”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

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• Learning is the very essence of humility . . .

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Learning, Essence

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1991). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti”, p.98, Krishnamurti Foundation of America

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• If history teaches anything, it teaches humility.

  Gordon S. Wood

  Teach, Ifs

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• Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God’s holiness and our sinfulness.

  C. J. Mahaney

  Light, Holiness, Sinfulness

  C.J. Mahaney (2008). “Humility: True Greatness”, p.17, Multnomah

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• There is something so beautiful and inspiring about picking ourselves up with humility and dignity after we fall.

  Joseph Curiale

  Beautiful, Courage, Fall

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• For the Christian, humility is absolutely indispensable. Without it there can be no self-knowledge, no repentance, no faith and no salvation.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Self, Repentance

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• Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.

  Aaron Swartz

  Understanding, Quality, Noble

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• Satan's number one weapon is pride. God's number one defense is humility.

  Larry Burkett

  Pride, Numbers, Defense

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• If there is no humility, love remains blocked.

  Pope Francis

  Blocked, Remains, Ifs

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• The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.

  Pope Francis

  And Love, World

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.105, SPCK

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• Humility is the most beautiful virtue that we can develop.

  Joyce Meyer

  Beautiful, Virtue

  Twitter post from Oct 26, 2012

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• I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

  James McGreevey

  Grateful, Brokenness

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• Without humility, all spiritual progress stops.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• Humility and suffering free a man from all sin; for the first cuts out spiritual passions, and the latter bodily.

  Maximus the Confessor

  Inspirational, Christian, Spiritual

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• The ocean doesn't care about you. It makes your boat feel tiny. The oceans are great promoters of religion, or at least of humility-but not in everyone.

  Tracy Kidder

  Ocean, Care, Tiny

  Tracy Kidder (1982). “The soul of a new machine”, Avon Books

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• Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.

  Blaise Pascal

  Humble, Pride, Vain

  Blaise Pascal (2010). “Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works”, p.127, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Humility is the surest sign of strength.

  Thomas Merton

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.190, New Directions Publishing

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• To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Nature, Garden

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.379, Rajpal & Sons

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• I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Exercise, Power, Able

  Thomas Jefferson (1977). “The Portable Thomas Jefferson”, p.416, Penguin

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• If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Simplicity, Fame, Profit

  Thomas a Kempis, James Jones (1842). “The Following of Christ...”, p.15

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• After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

  Cato the Elder

  Life, Witty, Clever

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