Actually, It’s The Other Way Around

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble.  Courage is the foundation of integrity.
—     Mark Twain
[I believe integrity is the foundation of courage.    —    kmab]
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Humble Learning

Teach your tongue to say I do not know and you will progress.
—    Talmud
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Sometimes I’m Confused

Humble persons know what they are and what they aren’t, what they have and what they don’t have, and they never confuse the two.
—     Joan Chittister
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Feeling Humble

Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.
―     Albert Einstein
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Too High For #45

Humility leads to strength and not weakness.  It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
—   John J. McCloy
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A Humbling Learning Process

As a scientist, the thing you must always do is to be humble enough to know that when you get additional information, even information that might conflict what was felt earlier on, you then change your viewpoint and you change your recommendations based on the data.  That’s what science is all about.  Science is a learning process.
—    Dr. Anthony Fauci
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Six Reasons Why #DumbDonald Will Always Be A Failure

Six essential qualities that are the key to success:  Sincerity, Personal Integrity, Humility, Courtesy, Wisdom, Charity.
—    Dr. William Menninger
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The Limits Of My Knowledge

Rage is a dangerous emotion, not simply because it can be destructive but because it can be so easily satisfied with cheap targets.  Like my friend who picks fights online, I’m a veteran.  I know people who have been injured or killed overseas.  I’ve seen the damage bombs wreak on the bodies of innocent civilians.  And, yes, it fills me with rage.  But if that rage is to mean anything, it means I cannot distract myself with the illusion of adjudicating past wrongs with artfully phrased put-downs.  In a world where we are still at war, the most important question is, What do we do now?  There the moral certainty of my rage must be met with humility about the limits of my knowledge.
—    Phil Klay
From his Opinion / Editorial:  “The Enduring Emptiness Of Our Public Rage“
Appearing in:  Time Magazine;  dtd:  5 November 2018
Online at:  https://time.com/5434373/phil-klay-american-public-rage/
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Some Basic Virtues

I believe in some basic virtues, you know?  Mercy, humility, curiosity, empathy.
—     Anthony Bourdain
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And Stable Genius, Too

True humility makes no pretense of being humble, and scarcely ever utters words of humility.
—    Saint Francis de Sales
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Grateful Humility

And yet, it’s a happier fact of human behavior that all tribes are separated less by walls than by membranes, and those membranes can break and the tribes combine as easily as two raindrops running down a windshield that need merely touch to merge.  But something must make the touching happen — and not many things can.
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And if it made us small?  If it made us feel that we are of less consequence, less magnitude, than we usually think we are?  Well, good.  Humility was part of the veil of peace that was drawn over the country on Aug. 21.  So was community.  And so, it would be nice to think, was gratitude.
—    Jeffrey Kluger
From his article:  “Mother Nature, the uniter, briefly eclipses the nation’s divisions“
Describing the 21 August 2017, totality eclipse for Time Magazine dtd:  4 September 2017
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Challenging Legacy

I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face.  I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one’s humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.
—     Naveen Jain
[Sarah, Happy Birthday!!
Love Always,
Mum & Dad
—    kmab]
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Humility Before The Unknowable

The Bible was written by numerous people over hundreds of years with wide and often varying concerns, some of which were and are morally indefensible.  Within its pages, however, lie powerful passages that help illuminate our lives and our place before the mystery of human existence.  I, too, struggle, like the writers of the Bible, to understand.  I, too, often get it wrong.  But it is the honesty and rigor of the search, the doubts and reverses, the mistakes and regrets, the ability to stand up again and keep trying that ultimately express faith.  This humility before the unknowable, the acceptance that there is much we will never understand, makes possible self-criticism, self-awareness, self-possession and self-reflection.  They make possible compassion and acts of kindness.  They allow us to see ourselves in the stranger; to reach out in solidarity to those who travel with us on this dusty, brief and often lonely road of life.  This honesty and humility make possible a diverse and tolerant human community.  They sustain life and, in the midst of it all, impart hope.
—     Chris Hedges
From his book:  “American Fascists“
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The Victory Of Life

We do not attain the victory of life by selfishness.  Victory is for those who give themselves to causes beyond themselves.  It is very biblical and very true that everyone who exalts themselves will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted.  That is a text for all of us.
—    John Danforth
(From his eulogy for Katharine Graham)
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