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A poor man is not disposed to quick and high resentment when he is among the rich: he is apt to yield to others, for he knows others are above him: he is not stiff and self-willed; he is patient with hard fare; he expects no other than to be despised, and takes it patiently; he does not take it heinously that he overlooked and but little regarded; he is prepared to be in a lowly place; he readily honours his superiors; he takes reproofs quietly; he readily honours others as above him; he easily yields to be taught, and does not claim much to his understanding and judgment; he is not over nice or humoursome, and has his spirit subdued to hard things; he is not assuming, nor apt to take much upon him, but it is natural for him to be subject to others. Thus it is with the humble Christian.


Jonathan Edwards


#poor #poor-in-spirit #poverty #spirit #nature

And inasmuch as they erred it might be made known; And inasmuch as they sought wisdom they might be instructed; And inasmuch as they sinned they might be chastened, that they might repent; And inasmuch as they were humble they might be made strong, and blessed from on high, and receive knowledge from time to time.


Doctrine and Covenants


#religion #weakness #wisdom #religion

A great man is always willing to be little.


Ralph Waldo Emerson


#greatness #humbleness #humility #modesty #size

A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.


Albert Einstein


#self-examination #genius

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.


Alice Walker


#best #could #expresses #extreme #gratitude

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.


Oliver Goldsmith


#bring #disadvantages #enough #him #humility

Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.


Max Beerbohm


#humility #innate #virtue

The word majesty was now dropped; but, with the deepest respect and humility, I was addressed as the count. What could I do? I accepted the title, and from that moment I was known as Count Peter.


Adelbert von Chamisso


#addressed #could #count #deepest #dropped

Obama is capable - as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him.


Ron Fournier


#capable #care #easily #evidenced #health

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.


Thomas Fuller


#cloak #her #honorable #humility #often






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