#humble

For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. ↗

— Thomas Sydenham

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Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets. ↗

— Larry Hagman

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He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others. ↗

— Joseph Hall

#himself #humble #man #others #some

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. ↗

— James M. Barrie

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Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble. ↗

— Hugh Prather

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To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength. ↗

— Criss Jami

#confronting #courage #honesty #humble #humility

I'm never proud of my old work. I always feel as though my skills have since improved. ↗

— Criss Jami

#art #better #betterment #change #creativity

I'm always happy when I'm surrounded by water, I think I'm a Mermaid or I was a mermaid. The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective… it humbles you and makes you feel almost like you’ve been baptized. I feel born again when I get out of the ocean. ↗

— Beyoncé Knowles

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The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

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