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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle…
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled.…
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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I…
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the…
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not…
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The question we do not see when we are young is whether we own pride or are owned by it.
— Josephine Winslow Johnson
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What Habitat does is much more than just sheltering people. It’s what it does for people on the inside. It’s that intangible…
— Millard Fuller
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Some help others in order to receive blessings and admiration. This is simply meaningless. Some cultivate themselves in part to serve others,…
— Laozi
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The second that you make a man truly free, he becomes truly good. And it is only that individual who has lost…
— L. Ron Hubbard
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Manchester has it's own pride and London has it's sort of pride and sometimes we can be a bit mean to each…
— Graham Coxon
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Even the wisest of mankind cannot live by reason alone; pure arrogant reason, denying the claims of prejudice (which commonly are also…
— Russell Kirk
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If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to…
— Rick Warren
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Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison,…
— David Hume
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Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such time takes flight and, in her absence; wrath plunders all the riches…
— Pietro Aretino
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It is possible to become so prideful and haughty that a person doesn't even recognize his or her own pride.
— Craig Williams
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Be a person who knows to let it guard down your own pride,down to earth and be humble to all.
— Joy
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I can not hear for I talk a lot, I can not see for I am blinded by my own pride, bodily…
— Unknown Author
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