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“Deeply convinced of the reality of the divine will, he (Lincoln) had no patience at all with any who were perfectly sure they knew the details of the divine will.”

Book:Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Spiritual Leadership

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“Fresh from the rarefied environments of Harvard, the author says he purposefully took journalism jobs in small southern towns so that he could learn the art of conversation with ordinary people. Is this gift for listening and for conversation, it seems, that allowed him to produce textured historical narratives of grand impact.”

Humility Listening Conversation Curiosity

Author:David Halberstam

“He (Lincoln) differed from fanatical moralists primarily in that he was always perplexed. No sooner did he believe he was doing God's will that he began to admit that God's purposes might be different from his own. In short, he never forgot the men's contrast between the absolute goodness of God and the faltering goodness of all who are in the finite predicament.”

Humility Worship Humorous Arrogance Sovereignty Of God Smugness

Book:Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Spiritual Leadership

Source: Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Spiritual Leadership

“Never look down on someone because God himself does not do so. No matter what defines the status, nationality or gender of a person, once God's spirit is in him/her, he or she becomes a complete creature with complete potentials!”

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Book:The Great Hand Book of Quotes

Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Humble is pride exhibited through humility.”

Humility Pride Humble

Author:Uzoma Nnadi

“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts.”

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Book:Minority Report

Source: Minority Report

“Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that's where humanity is now: about to discover we're not as smart as we thought we were, will be forced by life to surrender our attacks and defenses which avail us of nothing, and finally break through into the collective beauty of who we really are." [Facebook post, August 31, 2013]”

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Author:Marianne Williamson

“Never miss an opportunity to be truly and deeply humiliated! The shame will carve you down to an individual of exquisite layering, and in the process, etch within you the arcs of exceptional narrative.”

Inspirational Quotes Humility Shame Narrative Layers Character Building Self Growth And Improvement

Book:Sinew of the Social Species

Source: Sinew of the Social Species

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