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humility

«Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.»
«Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.»
Author: George Arliss (Actor) | About: Humility | Keywords: changes, for all, humility, prepare
«Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows»
Author: Helen Nielsen | About: Humility | Keywords: humility, indecent, underwear
«As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.»
«Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.»
«Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.»
«And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.»
«Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism»
«Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.»
«Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.»