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“Without humility, there is no honour.”

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“Do not be in haste nor hurry but be in humility of heart.”

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Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“The question was not death; living things die. It was love. Not that we died, but what we cared wildly, then deeply, for one person out of billions. We bound ourselves to the fickle, changing, and dying as if they were rock.”

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Book:The Maytrees

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“Some of the greatest accolades that I’ve ever experienced have been those from people that I never knew who somehow figured out what I was doing behind the scenes.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Pride is always a way of not seeing oneself properly, whereas humility is"self-knowledge perfected.”

Book:On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books

Source: On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books

“A man’s determination is measured, not only by his steady steps towards his goal, but also by his humility in accepting help after a fall and continue walking. Therein lies the stuff he is made of.”

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Book:Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“That’s that. Put it in your hat and wear it to town, Locke. We need to face our shortcomings head on. The old saying for a gang is, ‘‘Lies go out, but the truth stays home’’.”

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Book:The Lies of Locke Lamora

Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“I can’t just snap my fingers and take away distance for no good reason; the magic doesn’t work like that, and let’s all be grateful,” said the Luidaeg. “There have to be limits, even on the Firstborn. We can’t be gods. The world would shatter and turn to dust beneath our feet. ... And all the ones who would be gods are the ones who shouldn’t be gods. ...”

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Book:The Unkindest Tide

Source: The Unkindest Tide

“Even if the world says so, and you know it too, that you have genius, don’t allow it to carry you away. You are, just like anybody else is, ordinary. You are a mere instrument that Life uses to express itself. ‘Your’ art is actually not even yours – it comes from a divine Source, flows through you, so it can touch the world. So, no matter how talented, famous and wealthy you are, know that you are just a microphone, a messenger, that is amplifying a message that is passing through you. How can a messenger ever take credit for the message? This doesn’t mean you must not celebrate yourself or market yourself well or profit economically. Surely, you may! But do it being fully aware that without the Source choosing you, without ‘your’ art flowing through you, there would be no acclaim, no recognition. So, stay humble, stay grateful!”

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Author:AVIS Viswanathan

“We live in a time when there seem to be very few heroes. The original meaning of hero was someone favored by heaven and having godlike qualities. A hero is not without humility; humility is our awareness of our dependence on Spirit, and our interdependence with our fellow human beings. Gandhi, Malcom X, and Martin Luther King were all examples of both humility and heroism. Often humility exists because of the hero's connection to a higher aim: humility in front of a great idea, in front of the Infinity of Life. It is this kind of humility that leads to the forming of a connection with the infinite creative energy. (p. 144)”

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Book:Living Presence: A Sufi Way to Mindfulness & the Essential Self

Source: Living Presence: A Sufi Way to Mindfulness & the Essential Self

“It's humbling, this business of applying for low-wage jobs, consisting as it does of offering yourself--your energy, your smile, your real or faked lifetime of experience--to a series of people for whom this is just not a very interesting package.”

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Book:Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Source: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America