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“We must humble ourselves before [others] so we may learn from what others have lived. It is only when we have added their expertise to our own that we can truly excel towards our most ambitious goals and reach our fullest potential.”

Book:Rise of the Morningstar

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“Life is a harsh, twisted paradox. On one hand, you wish for no pain or suffering or misery on anyone. Yet you hope to see your children grow into individuals of compassionate and kind character. And it seems that pain, suffering, and misery adequately humble an individual, cultivating empathy and understanding for others in similar plights. While a life of ease and comfort and pleasure often fosters extravagant and selfish habits, spurring pride and blinded vision. Still, you pray for no pain or suffering on your children. Life is a harsh, twisted paradox.”

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Book:Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“I was wrong, you were right. I'm dumb, you're smart. I'm ugly, and you're a stone-cold fox.”

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Book:Coming Full Circle

Source: Coming Full Circle

“His joy was a release of Paul's conversion, not the heavy backslapping practical-joking humor of the Victorians, nor the cynical satire or the flippancy of the twenty first century mass media, just the gift of not taking himself or his adversaries too seriously.”

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Book:The Apostle: The Life of Paul

Source: The Apostle: The Life of Paul

“The immediate reactions of the two superpower leaders when confronted with the gravest international crisis of their careers were much the same, shock, wounded pride, grim determination, and barely repressed fear.”

Leadership Humility Unity Trials

Author:Michael Dobbs

“I should wish to see them very good friends, and would, on no account, authorize in my girls the smallest degree of arrogance towards their relations; but still they cannot be equals.” (10)”

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Book:Mansfield Park

Source: Mansfield Park

“Plimpton was a presence. He looked for ways in which he could make himself ridiculous. That made him a great storyteller.”

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Author:Stefan Fatsis

“History teacher Bob Alston's "expertise late not in his sweeping knowledge of the topic but in his ability to pick after a tumble, to get a fix on what he does not know, and to generate a roadmap to guide his new learning. He was an expert at cultivating puzzlement it was Alston's ability to stand back from first impressions, to question his quick leaps of mind, to keep track of his questions that together pointed him in the direction of new learning.”

Humility Curiosity Openness

Author:Sam Wineburg

“Don’t cap your potential in the name of humility. First, maximize your potential, serve the world with your greatness and then worry about pride :-) lol”

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Book:The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

“It is an illusion to worry about pride without having those things that may predispose someone to fall into the trap of pride...”

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Book:The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

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