#humility

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

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Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

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I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility. ↗

— Laurel Lee

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Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. ↗

— David Mallet

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The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

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The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

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In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense; to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever befall, that His will is good, and that His law is right. ↗

— Paul Elmer More

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