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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for read more
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
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
 He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
 A cottage of gentility!
  And the Devil did grin, read more 
 He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
 A cottage of gentility!
  And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
   Is pride that apes humility. 
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
One may be humble out of pride.
One may be humble out of pride.
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I read more
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.
'Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.
'Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.
 show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
 you a hungry person  
 show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
 you a hungry person