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humility
«Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.»
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
(Architect, Writer)
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arrogance, early, former, humility, hypocritical
«Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.»
«As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.»
Author: Nelson Mandela
(Statesman)
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Great Society, humility, impact, impacted, impacts, peacemaker, peacemakers, People of
«Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.»
Author: William Arthur Ward
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character, discovered, found, goodness, greatness, humility, in service, position, positioning, possessions, prestige, service
«Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
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«Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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chastely, chastity, humbly, humility, skeptically, skepticism
«Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
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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.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
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Humility
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appearance, does not exist, foundation, hence, humility, mere, The Foundation