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The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against
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"The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is"

- Phillips Brooks

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This quote by Phillips Brooks speaks to the concept of humility. He recommends that real humility is not concerning lessening oneself, yet instead regarding acknowledging one's very own greatness in contrast to something greater. He urges us to stand at our own height as well as to seek to something higher, which will certainly reveal us truth smallness of our achievement. This idea encourages us to identify our own strengths and capacities, while additionally comprehending that there is something above ourselves. It is a reminder to be humble as well as to identify that we are not the center of the universe. It is a call to be modest as well as to acknowledge that there is something higher than ourselves. By comprehending this, we can much better appreciate our own achievement as well as the success of others.

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Phillips Brooks This quote is written / told by Phillips Brooks between December 13, 1835 and January 23, 1893. He was a famous Clergyman from USA. The author also have 28 other quotes.

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