When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
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When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.
The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which itself can provide. Religion, if it is to take seriously its claim that the world is the creation of god, must be humble enough to learn from science what that world is actually like. The dialogue between them can only be mutually enriching.
Every Christian man has a choice between being humble and being humbled.
He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
The keys to the life of the heart lie in reflecting upon the Quran, being humble before Allah in secret, and leaving sins.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking his own righteousness, and living really and purely upon the righteousness of Christ.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.
Life's very difficult and full of surprises. At all events, I've got as far as that. To be humble and kind, to go straight ahead, to love people rather than pity them, to remember the submerged - well, one can't do all these things at once, worse luck, because they're so contradictory. It's then that proportion comes in - to live by proportion. Don't begin with proportion. Only prigs do that. Let proportion come in as a last resource, when the better things have failed.
To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.
To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
A great man is always willing to be little.
It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have.
Always asked, 'Whats the key to success?' The key is, there is no key. Be humble, hungry and always be the hardest worker in the room.
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