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There was once a woman who looked into her mirror and did not know the person staring back at her. In that moment she understood something truly ironic.
Over time, she had become someone she had never intended to be. The woman staring back at her was hard and brittle. Where had her softness gone? When had she stopped being thankful and lost her humility?
It was at that point she prayed, began to search for the meaning of humilty.
Thanks be to our loving God for eye opening moments.
From Wikiquote: - Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. —Dwight Morrow
- Blushing is the color of virtue. —Diogenes
- Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave. —Wilson Mizner
- Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. —Frank Leahy
- Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. —Eric Hoffer
- I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. — Helen Keller
- If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. —Welsh Proverb
- It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility. —Rachel Carson
- It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. -Anonymous
- It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. —Mohandas Gandhi
- It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. —Andrew J. Holmes
- Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with. —Peter Marshall
- Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. —Oliver Herford
- Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others. —William Hazlitt
- Modesty: The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are. —Source Unknown
- Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected. —William Safire
- Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Swallow your pride occasionally, it's non-fattening! —Anonymous
- The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn’t permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him. —Carlos Castaneda
- The man who thinks he can live without others is mistaken; the one who thinks others can't live without him is even more deluded. —Hasidic Proverb
- There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people. Think of it. More than a BILLION people. That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy, there are still a thousand guys exactly like you. —A. Whitney Brown
- There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us. —Laurence J. Peter
- To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life. —Lord Chesterfield
- Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. —Malcolm S. Forbes
- Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. —Lord Chesterfield
- When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it. —Bernard Baily
- When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high. —Mary H. Waldrip
- With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. —Arthur Schopenhauer
- You shouldn't gloat about anything you've done; you ought to keep going and find something better to do. —David Packard
- I would rather have people wonder why there is no statue of me, than wonder why there is. - Unknown.
- I am third. [Means God must come first in our lives, and our neighbour second.] —Catherine Doherty
- "The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient."
- "The high mountains are barren, but the low valleys are covered over with corn; and accordingly the showers of God's grace fall into lowly hearts and humble souls."
- "He who sacrifices a whole offering shall be rewarded for a whole offering; he who offers a burnt-offering shall have the reward of a burnt-offering; but he who offers humility to God and man shall be rewarded with a reward as if he had offered all the sacrifices in the world."
- "True humility—the basis of the Christian system—is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues."
- "By humility, and the fear of the Lord, are riches, honor, and life."
- '"If you ask, what is the first step in the way of truth? I answer humility," saith St. Austin. "If you ask, what is the second? I say humility. If you ask, what is the third? I answer the same—humility." Is it not as the steps of degree in the Temple, whereby we descend to the knowledge of ourselves, and ascend to the knowledge of God? Would we attain mercy? humility will help us.'
- "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."
- "Nothing can be further apart than true humility and servility."
- 'Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world if I were."'
- "Humility is the Christian's greatest honor; and the higher men climb, the farther they are from heaven."
- "The grace which makes every other grace amiable."
- "If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble; for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, so it is beloved of none but by itself; the voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric. Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail nor reason."
- "The fullest and best ears of corn hang lowest toward the ground."
- "If thou wouldst find much favor and peace with God and man, be very low in thine own eyes; forgive thyself little, and others much."
- "After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser."
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Great blog, Joey! Such great wisdom! These were my favorites:
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. —Benjamin Franklin Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale. —Adlai Stevenson It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. -Anonymous It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. —Andrew J. Holmes Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. —Lord Chesterfield "Humility is the Christian's greatest honor; and the higher men climb, the farther they are from heaven." -Burder |
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Excellent list. Those that struck me as the finest: "The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient." St. Augustine
It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. —Andrew J. Holmes |
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| October 14, 2007 |
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Joey,
I like these! I too collect quotes. Of the ones you have, here are my favorites:
When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it. —Bernard Baily I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. — Helen Keller The man who thinks he can live without others is mistaken; the one who thinks others can't live without him is even more deluded. —Hasidic Proverb "The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient." - St. Augustine |
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