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“For each person I lost I found a new layer of grief to cover myself with, and each time I tried to bring something of their essence into my own being - be it unconditional love, kindness and piety.”

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“He was a faithful servant, and made himself so valuable to those who employed him that they will find it hard to fill his place. He was a good husband and father, so tender, wise, and thoughtful, that Laurie and I learned much of him, and only knew how well he loved his family, when we discovered all he had done for them, unsuspected and unassisted.”

Father Humility Hard Work Modesty Little Women John Brooke

Book:Little Men

Source: Little Men

“Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, [...] "You know, Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat. Therefore, what does that signify to me!”

Humility Humble Life Affirming

Book:David Copperfield

Source: David Copperfield

“Shedding an independent, individualistic sense of self, is an apt place to start when remaking oneself. The task of divesting my egoistic coat-of-arms requires that I first understand how I came into being, ascertain how a person forges a baseline personality, and discover how I can modify my template for self-construal. I need to surrender an arrogant sense of self-importance, acknowledge towering ignorance, and learn how to live humbly. I hope to parlay personal humiliation and self-hatred into a transformative act by invoking a spiritual death of my egotistical being that results in a resurrection of a more astute and kinder human being.”

Humility Resurrection Humiliation Self Transformation Self Hate Self Transcendence Ego Death Spiritual Death

Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Humility is not a matter of self-effacement and self-negation but of being open always to new ways of being responsible.”

Humility

Book:En la Lucha / In the Struggle: A Hispanic Women's Liberation Theology

Source: En la Lucha / In the Struggle: A Hispanic Women's Liberation Theology

“We're all under pressure Strangled by stresses If you treasure what you do have That's the success, that's most impressive”

Love Success Humility Gratitude Breathe Cherish Modesty Thankfulness Appreciative Composure

Book:Awakenigma Allegory Anomalous

Source: Awakenigma Allegory Anomalous

“We umble ones have got eyes, mostly speaking - and we look out of 'em.”

Humility Humble Umble Umility Uriah Heep

Book:David Copperfield

Source: David Copperfield

“Healing has a chance in our lives when we have exhausted all our other options.”

Pain Growth Healing Humility Resistance Spirituality Quotes Healing Quotes Donna Goddard Getting Better Turning The Corner

Book:Circles of Separation

Source: Circles of Separation

“As St. Paul says, what matters isn't so much our knowledge of God as God's knowledge of us; not, as it were, the god we want but the God who wants us. God help us, we don't understand ourselves; how can we expect to understand that Self which stands beside our selves like Niagara beside a trickling tap?”

Understanding Humility Worship

Book:For All God's Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church

Source: For All God's Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church

“To lead is to serve. Conversely, to serve is to lead. And if either of these elements are removed from the equation, we’ll soon find that we’re doing neither.”

God Jesus Leadership Leader Humility Humble Servant Lead Serve Servanthood

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

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