It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design
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The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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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.
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What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism
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We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country
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What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left
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Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed.
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Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us all forward.
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Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.
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You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
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Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows
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What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God
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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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Life is a long lesson in humility.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
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Humility makes great men twice honorable
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Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man
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I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've got huge balls. But I've been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have.
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Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.
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Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real
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The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it
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