Humility Quotes
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A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you." The son thought about it for a minute and then asked, "Which wolf will win?" The old man replied simply, "The one you feed.
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This may seem like a harsh view of our culture, and there are certainly trends in other directions, but when we deal with culture at the tacit assumption level we have to think clearly about what our assumptions actually are, quite apart from our espoused values. The result of a pragmatic, individualistic, competitive, task-oriented culture is that humility is low on the value scale.
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The oars game me power but also taught me humility.
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False humility is more insulting than open pride!
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Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
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What is humility but truthfulness? There is no real difference.
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One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.
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Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead to peace.
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In all humility and sincerity we must admit a power higher than ourselves from whom is derived a positive moral code that will give our lives significance and purpose. We also must remember once and for all that honesty, respect, and honor as such are not for sale on the market block. They are ingredients that you and I and all people should put into our daily lives.
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Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge of self gives humility
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With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
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The first step of humility is unhesitating obedience which comes naturally to those who cherish Christ above all.
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One thing that golf teaches you is humility.
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The complementary movement towards divine love is growth in humility which is the acceptence of the reality about ourselves, our own weakness and limitations.
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The basis of action on love, the brotherhood of all men, the value of the individual... the humility of the spirit.
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It was a typical point, made in typical style, mixing pride and humility.
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I beg the Most High to allow me the favour of the double reward, but if God only finds me worthy of one reward, I will accept it in all humility.
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The self says, I am; The heart says, I am less; The spirit says, you are Nothing.
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Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.
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That is what mature faith requires — not pride over how much one sees and understands, but humility, the feeling that one is still a child, certain of so little, still so dependent on God and others, with so much still to learn — including so much more to learn about humility.
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When grace changes the heart, submission out of fear changes to submission out of love, and true humility is born.
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The Latin words humus, soil/earth, and homo, human being, have a common derivation, from which we also get our word 'humble.' This is the Genesis origin of who we are: dust - dust that the Lord God used to make us a human being. If we cultivate a lively sense of our origin and nurture a sense of continuity with it, who knows, we may also acquire humility.
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Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.
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The unanswerable mysteries... the attitude that all is uncertain... to summarize it - the humility of the intellect.
