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When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
 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 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 leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to read more
Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
 O be very sure
 That no man will learn anything at all,
  Unless he first will learn read more 
 O be very sure
 That no man will learn anything at all,
  Unless he first will learn humility. 
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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.