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    Erwin McManus
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    Matthew 23:12, Isaiah 57:15, Romans 12:16, Proverbs 11:2, 1 Peter 5:6
    Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.

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    Jerry Bridges
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    Micah 6:8, Romans 12:16, Colossians 3:12, 1 Peter 5:5, James 3:13
    The character trait of humility is the second-most frequently taught trait in the New Testament, second only to love.

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    C. S. Lewis
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    Matthew 18:3, 2 Corinthians 12:9, James 4:6, James 4:6, Matthew 5:3, 1 Peter 5:6
    Grace substitutes a full, childlike and delighted acceptance of our need, a joy in total dependence. The good man is sorry for the sins which have increased his need. He is not entirely sorry for the ...

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    Andrew Murray
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    Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 5:5, Proverbs 22:4, Mark 9:35, Romans 12:10
    A faithful servant may be wiser than the master, and yet retain the true spirit and posture of the servant. The humble man looks upon every, the feeblest and unworthiest, child of God, and honors him ...

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    Athanasius of Alexandria
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    1 Peter 3:13-22, 1 Peter 5:8-9, Revelation 12:11, 2 Timothy 2:3, 1 Corinthians 4:12-13
    Indeed, those who become disciples of Christ, instead of fighting each other, stand arrayed against the demons by their lives and deeds of virtue, putting them to flight and mocking their prince, the ...

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    Lesslie Newbigin
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    Colossians 1:13-14, Romans 12:2, 1 Peter 5:2-3, James 4:4, Philippians 2:5-8, John 18:36
    When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that power, but it is no longer a sign of the kingdom.

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    Spencer W. Kimball
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    Luke 14:11, 1 Peter 5:5-6, Psalm 149:4, Isaiah 57:15, James 4:6, Matthew 5:5
    Humility is royalty without a crown.

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    J. R. R. Tolkein
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    Psalm 23:4, John 16:33, Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Psalm 27:1, Isaiah 41:10, 1 Peter 5:10
    “So to end this time together, I won’t say everything will be okay. How could I know that? I’ll just look you in the eye, give you a nod of solidarity, and smile. There, peeping among the cloud-wrack ...

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    C. S. Lewis
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    Micah 6:8, Philippians 2:3-4, Proverbs 11:2, Luke 18:14, Isaiah 14:12-15, 1 Peter 5:5-6, James 4:6
    Today I come to that part of Christian morals where they differ most sharply from all other morals. There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which everyone loathes when he sees it in so...

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    Theophan the Recluse
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    Philippians 2:5-8, 1 Peter 5:5, Isaiah 66:2, Matthew 11:29, James 4:7
    The invincible weapon against all our enemies is humility.

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    G. K. Chesterton
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    1 Peter 5:5-6, Matthew 23:12, Isaiah 2:12, Proverbs 11:2, Luke 14:11, Psalm 147:6
    Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees.

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    Andrew Murray
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    Colossians 3:12, Micah 6:8, Isaiah 57:15, Matthew 23:12, 1 Peter 5:5-6, James 4:10, Philippians 2:3
    Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am bla...

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    Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
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    Micah 6:8, Ephesians 4:2, 1 Peter 5:5-6, James 4:10, Colossians 3:12, John 13:14-15
    [Humility is] to become like Jesus in his willingness to choose the hidden way of love rather than the way of power.

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    Augustine of Hippo
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    Luke 15:1-7, Matthew 18:10-14, Psalm 139:1-4, 1 Kings 19:, Genesis 16:, 1 Peter 5:7
    You are good and all-powerful, caring for each one of us as though the only one in your care.

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    Irish Proverb
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    1 Peter 5:10, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Isaiah 40:31, Romans 5:3-5, Psalm 147:3
    Hope is the physician of each misery.

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    Eric Greitens
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    Matthew 20:26-28, Micah 6:8, Philippians 2:3, Ephesians 4:2, 1 Peter 5:5, Colossians 3:12, James 4:10
    I begin with humility, I act with humility, I end with humility. Humility leads to clarity. Humility leads to an open mind and a forgiving heart. With an open mind and a forgiving heart, I see every p...

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    Edmund Burke
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    Ephesians 4:2, Matthew 23:12, Colossians 3:12, Micah 6:8, Proverbs 22:4, 1 Peter 5:5-6, James 4:6
    True humility—the basis of the Christian system—is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.

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    Martin Luther
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    2 Thessalonians 3:3, Romans 12:12, Psalm 91:4-5, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, James 4:7, Matthew 6:13, 1 Peter 5:8-9
    We Christians must be armed and expect every day to be under continuous attack. . . . At such times our only help and comfort is to run here and seize hold of the Lord’s Prayer and speak to God from o...

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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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    Matthew 5:3, Isaiah 57:15, Proverbs 29:23, Luke 14:11, Philippians 2:8-9, 1 Peter 5:6
    The way to rise in the kingdom is to sink in ourselves.

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    Source Unknown
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    Philippians 2:5-8, Psalm 25:9, Proverbs 11:2, Matthew 5:3, 1 Peter 5:6
    If pride turned some of the angels into demons, then humility can doubtless make angels out of demons.

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    Richard G. Capen Jr.
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    Romans 12:3, Colossians 3:12, James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:5-6, Philippians 2:3-4, Proverbs 22:4, Matthew 23:12
    Of all the values at our disposal, humility seems to be the least attractive. You don’t see many television ads or billboards extolling the virtues of humility, do you?

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    C. S. Lewis
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    Colossians 3:12, 1 Corinthians 13:4-5, John 3:30, Ephesians 4:2, 1 Peter 5:5, Galatians 5:13
    Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

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    C. S. Lewis
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    Matthew 23:12, Philippians 2:3-4, Isaiah 2:11, 1 Peter 5:6, Luke 18:14
    If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done befor...

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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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    Psalm 34:18, Isaiah 41:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Romans 8:18, 1 Peter 5:10, James 1:2-4, Galatians 6:9
    Before any great achievement, some measure of depression is very usual.

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    John Chrysostom
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    Ephesians 4:2, Micah 6:8, Colossians 3:12, 1 Peter 5:6, James 4:10, Matthew 18:4
    Humility is the garden of all the virtues.

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    Julian of Norwich
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    1 Peter 5:10, Psalm 23:4, Matthew 11:28-30, Hebrews 4:15-16, 2 Corinthians 12:9, John 16:33
    But Jesus spoke to me all that I needed to understand, and here is what he said, “Sin has a part to play in my plan, but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well...

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    Laura Sobiech
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    Romans 8:18, Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 30:5, 1 Peter 5:10, James 1:2-4, Isaiah 61:3, Romans 5:3-5
    “[Zach] had gone from seeing beauty in the midst of suffering to creating it. He had taken this thing that could have suffocated him with despair and stripped it down until all that was left was hope....

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    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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    John 16:33, Proverbs 24:10, 1 Peter 5:10, Isaiah 40:31, Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Romans 5:3-5
    Of all the virtues we can learn, no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challeng...

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    Rabbi Yochanan (Johanan)
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    Deuteronomy 10:17-18, Isaiah 57:15, Psalm 68:5-6, Psalm 147:12-20, 1 Peter 5:6
    Wherever you find the Lord’s might, you find his humility.

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    Seth Haines
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    1 Peter 5:7
    “[Cast] all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful” (1 Peter 5:7–8 ESV). Sober and watchful—what does it mean? To Peter, it means casting our anxieties on the Di...
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