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Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
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.
 Give place to your betters.
 [Lat., De locum melioribus.]  
 Give place to your betters.
 [Lat., De locum melioribus.] 
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.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
 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 
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.
 The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own 
esteem.
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 The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own 
esteem.
   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon, 
 Humble things become the humble.
 [Lat., Parvum parva decent.]  
 Humble things become the humble.
 [Lat., Parvum parva decent.]