"Humility is all about being truthful and honest."
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"Character is that which can do without success."
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"The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough."
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"Practice radical humility." He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated."
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"Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility."
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"I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind."
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"It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be our progress, and the more real our humility."
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"It's no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite."
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"Humility is the surest sign of strength."
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"Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right."
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"The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of a certain type of Christian thought has seriously impaired this capacity, which nonviolence must recover."
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"Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work."
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"Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others."
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"Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness."
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"In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention."
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"Spirituality is the science that teaches us how to achieve peace of mind and supreme satisfaction. Right now we are hankering after many, many things, but nothing we get satisfies us. Spirituality tells us that satisfaction can be found only if we lead a good and divine life-a life of simplicity, purity and humility."
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"True humility means giving joy to others."
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"It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it."
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"Animal rights activists talk about cruelty and torture, some backing their assertions by publishing out-of-date photographs of "experiments" banned long ago. This is a misrepresentation. The work we do is performed with compassion, care, humanity and humility. I have never seen an animal suffer pain."
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"With all humility, I think, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." Infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbor as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself, and equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor; you must be living with your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing."
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