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• Truth is beautiful and divine, no matter how humble its origin; it is the same in the musty boiler-room as it is in the glorious stars of heaven.

  Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin

  Beautiful, Stars, Science

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• O! useful may it be to have shewn, that, though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their punishment certain; and that innocence, though oppressed by injustice, shall, supported by patience, finally triumph over misfortune!And, if the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it—the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Hands, Punishment, Effort

  Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Ann Radcliffe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Arthur Machen (2017). “Five Gothic Masterpieces: The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Great God Pan, Frankenstein, Carmilla, and Dracula”, p.622, Open Road Media

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• Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility.

  Henri Nouwen

  Strong, Real, Humility

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• Humble things become the humble.

  Horace

  Humility

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 380-81, Epistles, I, 7, 44, 1922.

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• The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made: Men scent our fragrance on the air, Yet take no heed Of humble lessons we would read.

  Christina Rossetti

  Men, Air, Lessons

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.26, Delphi Classics

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• When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask their opinion.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Wise, Advice, Ignorant

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• A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God, and that all that is necessary is to be reconciled to one's helplessness and let our holy and almighty God care for us, just as an infant surrenders himself to his mother's care.

  Ole Hallesby

  Mother, Heart, Care

  Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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• Stay true in the dark, and humble in the spotlight.

  Harold B. Lee

  Dark, Spotlight, Stay True

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• Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. But with self-confidence you can succeed. A sense of inferiority and inadequacy interferes with the attainment of your hopes, but self-confidence leads to self-realization and successful achievement.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Believe, Successful, Self Confidence

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• To me, today, at age sixty-one, all prayer, by the humble or highly placed, has one thing in common: supplication for strength and inspiration to carry on the best human impulses which should bind us together for a better world.

  Walt Disney

  Dream, Prayer, Inspiration

  "Deeds Rather Than Words". Essay by Walt Disney, 1963.

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• What constitutes a good manager in this field? He must be knowledgeable in the art with which he is concerned, an impresario, labor negotiator, diplomat, educator, publicity and public relations expert, politician, skilled businessman, a social sophisticate, a servant of the community, a tireless leader - becomingly humble before authority - a teacher, a tyrant, and a continuing student of the arts.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Teacher, Art, Tyrants

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• If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore! It bears: Eternity, be thou My refuge! and no more.

  Matthew Arnold

  Paris, Bears, Flight

  Matthew Arnold (2013). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)”, p.459, Delphi Classics

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• Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Mean, Self

  Stephen M.R. Covey (2006). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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• How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about being right, about acting on good ideas than having the ideas, about embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team than exalting self, about recognizing contribution than being recognized for making it.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Team, Humility

  Stephen M. R. Covey (2008). “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• No matter how humble a man's beginnings, he achieves the stature of the office to which he is elected.

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Men, Office, Matter

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• Remember this, you don't have to be important or special or glamorous; all you actually need is success and pleasure from whatever it is that you choose to do with your life. You don't have to become something in the eyes of others, you only have to become something in your own reality. From this humble attitude flows a sweet serenity which comes naturally from personal healing and spiritual reconciliation.

  Stuart Wilde

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Sweet

  Stuart Wilde (1993). “More Love: Tender Moments”, White Dove International

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• Only a humble person can come to know God because the humble person can recognize that there is something more powerful, more complete and more perfect than they are.

  Frederick Lenz

  God, Powerful, Perfect

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• You are happiest when you are most humble. You are most miserable when you are egotistical.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humility, Buddhism, Miserable

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• When you're humble it's like wearing a beautiful flower. It inspires others. It generates energy and power.

  Frederick Lenz

  Beautiful, Flower, Humility

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• It's very easy for us to be humble when no one else is around. There is no reason for us to demonstrate our superiority, because no one challenges it.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humility, Buddhism, Challenges

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• People who are humble don't talk too much; they listen.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humility, Buddhism, People

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• If you wish to cultivate humility, then you should associate with those who are humble.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humility, Buddhism, Wish

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• Be humble. Be yourself.

  Bobby Green

  Being Yourself, Mma, Be Humble

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• Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they've gotten their ass kicked before.

  Mike Tyson

  Mma, People, World

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• For me, I learnt from jiu-jitsu and martial arts to be humble and to go forward in life in a positive way.

  Ricardo Liborio

  Art, Forward In Life, Mma

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