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In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.

William Shakespeare
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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

Frederick Warren
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Without humility there can be no humanity. -John Buchan
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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Confucius
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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Confucius
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You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility. -Lois McMaster Bujold
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I am no more humble than my talents require.

Oscar Levant
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Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

Jules Renard
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. -Albert Einstein
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Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

Vanna Bonta
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Modesty is the citadel of beauty.

Demades
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If I had any humility I would be perfect. -Ted Turner
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Humility is pride in God.

Austin O'Malley
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If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton
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Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues. -Kong Fu Zi
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It well becomes a young man to be modest.

Titus Maccius Plautus
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Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
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In the process of trial and error, Our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility. -Master Jin Kwon
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Fran Lebowitz
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Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

Madam Guizot
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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. -Jon Meacham
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In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

Kanye West
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Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

Mark Twain
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect. -Ted Turner
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Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.

William Gurnall
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I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.

Edith Sitwell
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The loss of one's dignified bearing is often sudden. -Jerry Van Amerongen
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The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

George Bernard Shaw
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Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.

Ernest Hemingway
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Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change. -Frank Lloyd Wright
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