#humility

Life is a long lesson in humility. ↗

— James M. Barrie

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Power is dangerous unless you have humility. ↗

— Richard J. Daley

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The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one's own accord - it feels great - but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop. ↗

— Criss Jami

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If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show. ↗

— St. François de Sales

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True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. ↗

— Rick Warren

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The greatest wisdom consists in knowing one's own follies. ↗

— Madeleine De Souvre Sable

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We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully. ↗

— Mother Teresa

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Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility. ↗

— Robin Morgan

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Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility. ↗

— James Montgomery

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Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot. ↗

— Thomas Moore

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