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“All true greatness runs as level a course, and is as unaspiring, as the plow in the furrow. It wears the homeliest dress and speaks the homeliest language”

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“But admiration is not love. Love wants proximity, reciprocity, the acceptance of vulnerability. Love alone does not say what we spend our lives saying, all the time, to everyone: 'I am worth more than you.' Love has other ways of finding reassurance, another authority that doesn't come from above but below.”

Love Love Is Humility The Kingdom

Author:Emmanuel Carrère

“She was shamed. Women like herself, sheltered, indulged, secure, beloved; and yet they dared to find life hard, they dared to pity themselves because the path they trod was strewn with pink rose-petals when their own choice would have been crimson. She hated herself. Her hatred choked her, and she could not speak.”

Humility Perspective Privilege Challenging

Book:Pilgrim's Inn

Source: Pilgrim's Inn

“The many sorrows of our recent history suggest that we humans have a learning disability.”

Death History Society Sorrow Civilization Extinction

Book:Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Source: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

“Tremble in His midst so as to never falter in the midst of the grave responsibilities of life. Humility properly placed is the only sure foundation of leadership.”

Leadership Responsibility Humility

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“Modern society doesn’t have a problem with treating the janitor the same as the CEO. We have a problem with our need to show the world that we treat the janitor the same as the CEO.”

Society Humility Pride Ego Grandstanding Virtue Signaling Dtdsundays Humble Bragging Virtue Signal Humble Brag

Author:Cic Mellace

“Don’t go around boasting about your achievements. Success is only as grand as someone else think it is.”

Success Humility Boasting

Author:Joan Ambu

“A true encounter with the Holiness of God gives conviction of our sinful nature (Isa 6:5, Exo 3:6) and realization of our nothingness (Dan 10:8, Rev 1:17) which generates in us humility and a deep reverence towards GOD.”

Humility Self Realization Holiness Self Realization Quotes True Encounter With God

Author:Prasanth Jonathan

“You know, this idea that individuals accomplish great things is a lot of moonshine, really. What you do is work along with others on a general line, and mankind moves along, but slowly.”

Progress Humility Accomplishment Working Together Teamwork Cooperation Accomplishments Moonshine

Author:Colgate W. Darden

“A professional is, for sure, one who scores more and more with a decorum like he's scored a million and four times before.”

Sports Humility Professional Cool Laid Back Scoring Goals Humility In Greatness Pro Used To It Team Sports

Author:Criss Jami

“Bay'r's anger began to evaporate in the midmorning sunlight, and he looked again on the valley of Dolphys and saw her with new eyes. He didn't want to lead. But mayhaps he could serve. Mayhaps it was the same thing.”

Inspirational Leadership Humility

Book:The First Girl Child

Source: The First Girl Child

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