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Lord Byron Quote: “Sincerity may be humble but she…”

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

October 28, 2021 1788, British, January 22, Lord Byron, Quotes by Poets

Golda Meir Quote: “Don’t be humble… you’re not that…”

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

October 11, 2021 1898, Golda Meir, Israeli, May 3, Quotes by Leaders

Edmund Waller Quote: “The lark that shuns on lofty…”

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

June 9, 2021 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Michel de Montaigne Quote: “One may be humble out of…”

One may be humble out of pride.

May 30, 2021 1533, February 28, French, Michel de Montaigne, Quotes by Philosophers

William Dunbar Quote: “To God be humble, to thy…”

To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow.

April 12, 2021 1460, Quotes by Poets, Scottish, William Dunbar

Ezra Taft Benson Quote: “To the proud, the applause of…”

To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.

April 8, 2021 1899, American, August 4, Ezra Taft Benson, Quotes by Leaders

William E. Gladstone Quote: “Remember the rights of the savage…”

Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.

December 29, 2020 1809, British, December 29, Quotes by Leaders, William E. Gladstone

William Penn Quote: “Sense shines with a double luster…”

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

December 9, 2020 1644, English, October 14, Quotes by Leaders, William Penn

John W. Gardner Quote: “The society which scorns excellence in…”

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

December 4, 2020 1912, American, John W. Gardner, October 8, Quotes by Educators

Michel de Montaigne Quote: “I set forth a humble and…”

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.

December 1, 2020 1533, February 28, French, Michel de Montaigne, Quotes by Philosophers

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