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«Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.»
«In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.»
«Don't be humble. You aren't that great.»
Author: Golda Meir (Founder, Prime Minister) | Keywords: humble
«Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all the self-denials - privations, toils, dangers, sufferings, sicknesses, mutilations, life-»
«He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking.»
«For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.»
«A person can achieve everything by being simple and humble.»
Author: Rig Veda | Keywords: humble, humbles, humbling
«Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.»
«God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble [James 4:6]»
Author: Bible | Keywords: humble, James, James I, opposes, proud
«In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving»

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