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• When anyone remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then his modesty is real.

  Jean Paul

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• A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.

  Edgar Watson Howe

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• Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

  Lord Chesterfield

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• Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

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• Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

  Don Marquis

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• It is always the secure who are humble.

  G. K. Chesterton

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• I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

  Helen Keller

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• The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.

  Junior Seau

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  Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.

  C. S. Lewis

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• If one takes pride in one’s craft, you won’t let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.

  Paul Keating

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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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• When someone saves your life and gives you life, there’s gratitude, humility; there’s a time you’ve been so blessed you realize you’ve been given another chance at life that maybe you did or didn’t deserve.

  Pat Summerall

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• I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.

  Ted Allen

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• Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

  Swami Shivananda

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• Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

  George Santayana

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• I have a healthy amount of humility.

  Seth Gordon

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• Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

  Steven Tyler

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

  Timothy Radcliffe

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• Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

  George Arliss

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• Humility is attentive patience.

  Simone Weil

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