"Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming……" — Nancy Gibbs
"Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager."
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104 Quotes by Nancy Gibbs
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For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.
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If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.
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Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us…
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Lyndon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who…
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If the Presidents Club had a seal, around the ring would be three words: cooperation, competition, and consolation. On the…
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Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on…
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You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him…
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Nixon urged Clinton to maintain his relationship with Yeltsin but make contact with other democrats in Russia. He warned Clinton…
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Praise of blame in the moment means little: it is how their decisions play out over time that matters, and…
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Eisenhower advocated a variety of strong actions which he had never taken when he was president. Maybe this was just…
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In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version…
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You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.
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At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting…
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The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more…
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In 1992, the federal Government actually issued more work authorizations to immigrants and temporary foreign workers than the net number…
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Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others.
— Walter Lippmann
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Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit…
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The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
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As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to…
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We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today.…
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If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true.…
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You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in…
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I am so in favor of the actual infinite that instead of admitting that Nature abhors it, as is commonly…
— Gottfried Leibniz
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Admitting your weaknesses does not diminish your strengths: it shows your courage.
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