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Humility Hero: Michelle
Submitted by My hero is my daughter Michelle. She has Down's Syndrome. She is 37 years old and on her 4th pacemaker. She was never expected to live past early childhood. She had open heart surgery at age five. She had other people make fun of her because o... Read moreHumility Hero: Unknown
Submitted by Several years ago, each Christmas season, the Salvation Army would get something extra in their donation bucket near where I live. Someone would drop a one hundred bill with a dollar bill rubber cemented on each side to disguise it, ensuring that ... Read moreHumility Hero: Anthony
Submitted by Rev. Thomas A. Flowers Dad served in the Navy in WWII. He had two ships shot out from under him. When the 2nd one went down, he was one of only 300 survivors. He spoke very little about it, and he always looked at his own role as very small compared to that of others... Read moreHumility Hero: Jimmy
Submitted by Jimmy was the cousin everyone looked up to, the Head Honcho, the cousin who was always there to help the little ones along. He accepted everyone for who they were and what they had to offer, no matter how different they truly were in their life o... Read moreHumility Hero: Kelly
Submitted by Kelly is a one of a kind person. With a heart that she opens to all, Kelly is counted on by many. But what really has set Kelly apart and made her my hero is her non-stop optimism and dedication. Kelly has dedicated her life to helping people, and... Read more
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Mac's Plight
Submitted by Herb Hedeen Mac’s Plight or Cowie Capers by Herb Hedeen An unbelievably true story The summers are hot in Grand Junction, Colorado. My friend, Howard McConnell, known to all his friends, as Mac, needed a haircut. He went to... Read moreJust a child trying to please
Submitted by Sitting at traffic light in a rickshaw, in the polluted air of an Indian city, my eyes fell upon the poor and desolate living on the road side. Inches away from the dirty tires and deafening engines of old motors ther... Read more
HUMILITY
QuotesHumility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man, and this immediately, though, of course, only in the case of complete and permanent humility.
Frank Kafka Writer, Novelist (1883-1924);
Frank Kafka Writer, Novelist (1883-1924);
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Norman Vincent Peale Preacher, Author (1898-1993);
Norman Vincent Peale Preacher, Author (1898-1993);
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.
William Temple Archbishop (1881-1944);
William Temple Archbishop (1881-1944);
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
Andrew Jackson 7th U.S. President (1767-1845);
Andrew Jackson 7th U.S. President (1767-1845);
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 Roman Catholic Saint (354-430);
Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Saint (354-430);
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