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The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have read more
The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.
God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the
other be where read more
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the
other be where he may.
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no
humility for a man to think read more
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no
humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though
it might rather puzzle him to do that.
I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.
I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.