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Lessons in humility

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Originally posted by apathist
For me humility means I know when I fight I may lose. Arrogance is the enemy, in a way.
For the rest of the world humility means
having a modest opinion of one's importance

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
For the rest of the world humility means
having a modest opinion of one's importance
I didn't just say that?

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I asked, rather than informing, because I'm modest.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
For the rest of the world humility means
having a modest opinion of one's importance
I have an inflated opinion of my own importance.

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Originally posted by apathist
For me humility means I know when I fight I may lose. Arrogance is the enemy, in a way.
Arrogance is my friend. I have him on speed dial.

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Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
I have an inflated opinion of my own importance.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Matthew 23:12

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Humility is a strange thing, as soon as you think you've got it, you've lost it.

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Originally posted by dj2becker
Humility is a strange thing, as soon as you think you've got it, you've lost it.
If you are going to quote E. D. Hulse sir, you should be humble enough to indicate it is a quote.

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Originally posted by chaney3
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Matthew 23:12
'The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.'

Proverbs 28:1

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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

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Originally posted by apathist
For me humility means I know when I fight I may lose. Arrogance is the enemy, in a way.
My sensei says the same thing.

"When you enter the fight with a big ego, it only means your opponent cannot miss."

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Originally posted by chaney3
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Matthew 23:12
If you think you are special, you aren't. If you think you aren't, then you are.

Wisdom from the Bible.

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Originally posted by apathist
If you think you are special, you aren't. If you think you aren't, then you are.

Wisdom from the Bible.
Not as perfect as that.
The ones who think they are 'special' and go into the world to prove it are given are certain 'grace' . They have undertaken a step forward. Sure, it may be from a misguided concsiensce , but there is a certain 'energy' given to one who takes the first step. 🙂

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Originally posted by karoly aczel
Not as perfect as that.
The ones who think they are 'special' and go into the world to prove it are given are certain 'grace' . They have undertaken a step forward. Sure, it may be from a misguided concsiensce , but there is a certain 'energy' given to one who takes the first step.
Where did you get that from? I know you are a student. The dots aren't connecting for me here.