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Humility Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another.
- The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What…
- Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.
- There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.
- Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
- There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those…
- The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation,…
More Humility Quotes
- Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level… — Frederick Lenz
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. — Teresa of Avila
- All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use… — Theodore Bikel
- It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. — Saint Augustine
- There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. — Saint Augustine
- I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. — Teresa of Avila