It is beautiful in a picture to wash the disciples’ feet; but the sands of the real desert have no lustre in them to compensate for the servile nature of the occupation.

John Henry Newman

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The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness.

Carlos Castaneda

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Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ and author of the Four Spiritual Laws chose three words for his tombstone: "slave for Jesus".

Kyle Idleman

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The author points out strikingly different reactions to calamity. While many passengers of a devastating shipwreck were thankful to be alive, future presidential assassin Charles Guiteau saw his being spared as proof of his exceptionalism rather than of the grace from which he benefited.

Candice Millard

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True greatness demands humility; the journey draws it from your struggling soul.

Richelle E. Goodrich

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If you think someone is humble, never tell them so. You will unknowingly rob them of the very thing you admire.

Christy Hall

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It was amusing to me to see how the detective's overbearing manner had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its teacher.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The country inspector's face had shown his intense amazement at the rapid and masterful progress of Holmes' investigation. At first he had shown some disposition to assert his own position, but now he was overcome with admiration, and ready to follow without question wherever Holmes lead.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The path to wisdom is paved with humility.

Tim Fargo

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There is a humility about genuine love that is rather horrible in some ways.

George Orwell

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