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A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being. James E. Faust

Love, Heart, Happiness, Courage, Faith

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. - Saint Augustine

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. Saint Augustine

Men, Pride, Angels, Devils, Changed

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility. - Bryant H. McGill

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility. Bryant H. McGill

Love, True Love, Love Is, Moments, True

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect. Michelle Obama

Success, Respect, Gratitude, School

No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better. Jim Yong Kim

Leader, Leadership, Good, Job, People

There is nothing I can do to undo what I did. I can only say again how sorry I am to those I let down and then strive to go forward with a greater sense of humility and purpose, and with gratitude to those who stood with me during a very difficult chapter in my life. David Petraeus

Life, Gratitude, I Am, Purpose, Sorry

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. - Thomas Merton

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. Thomas Merton

Pride, Real, Us, Makes, Artificial

Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success. Rick Pitino

Success, Journey, Humble, People, Key

Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning. Gza

Life, Learning, Live, Gratitude, Never

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. - Rick Warren

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. Rick Warren

Yourself, Thinking, Less

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences. Kobe Bryant

Sports, Great, Teacher, Me, Think

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues. - Confucius

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues. Confucius

Foundation, Solid Foundation, Solid

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. - Henri Frederic Amiel

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. Henri Frederic Amiel

Respect, Self, Others, Without

Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things. Dick Van Dyke

Good, Forgiveness, Acceptance, You

Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this in a karate dojo that had a strange tradition. Everyone there loved recounting failure stories, and after an evening of smacking one another, we'd sit and have a beer while the students swapped tales of martial arts disaster. Martha Beck

Failure, Compassion, Beer, Mind, Crazy

If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you. Anand Mahindra

Life, Humble, Empathy, People, Control

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. Alice Walker

Thankful, Prayer, Gratitude, Best, You

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world. Ellen G. White

Words, Help Others, World, Help, True

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. - John Ruskin

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. John Ruskin

Great, Man, Believe, Great Man, Test

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance. Arthur Helps

Beauty, Better, True, True Beauty

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. Saint Ambrose

Love, Good, Fear, God, Parents, Youth

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility. Robin Morgan

Knowledge, Power, Knowledge Is Power

Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God. Radhanath Swami

Love, God, Character, Man, Compassion

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. Saint Augustine

Success, Clouds, Foundation, Wish, Plan

There is beauty and humility in imperfection. Guillermo del Toro

Beauty, Imperfection

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. - Rabindranath Tagore

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. Rabindranath Tagore

Great, Come, Nearest

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