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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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Little Things… |
2018 | Have Thee Paid Yet? |
Day 9: Fingertips | |
2017 | Hopefully, I’m Good Company |
2016 | Maybe Not Most |
2015 | Differences That Matter |
2014 | But Sometimes It Takes A Village |
2013 | Laughter > Grief |
2012 | Pioneers |
2011 | It Is Free |
Posts Tagged ‘Humility’
Too High For #45
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, Humility, John J. McCloy, Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, Self-Respect on August 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »
A Humbling Learning Process
Posted in Education, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Dr. Anthony Fauci, Humility, Leadership, Learning, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, New Data, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science on August 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
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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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Another Thought On #45’s Poor Education |
2018 | As Long As You Survive Each Experience |
WordPress to Facebook Test… | |
Day 7: Oh, Yeah! | |
2017 | A Good Habit |
2016 | The Minds Of Trumpism |
2015 | Expressing Nonsense |
2014 | A Real Fight |
2013 | Unravelling |
2012 | I Resolve |
2011 | Practice, Practice, Practice |
2009 | Phoenix Trip (July ’09) |
Six Reasons Why #DumbDonald Will Always Be A Failure
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, Charity, Courtesy, Dr. William Menninger, Failure, Humility, Personal Integrity, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Sincerity, Success, Wisdom on December 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, Personal Integrity, Humility, Courtesy, Wisdom, Charity. | |
— Dr. William Menninger | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | The Trouble With Bookstores |
Another No Chew Diet | |
2017 | Biased World View |
2016 | Control In The Age Of Entanglement |
2015 | Okay, Maybe Not Ceaseless |
2014 | Can Do |
2013 | Are You Helping? |
2012 | Inside All Truth Is A Vacuum |
2011 | So, Whom Are We Trying To Fool Then? |
The Limits Of My Knowledge
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Emotions, Humility, Knowledge, Limits, Phil Klay, Philosophy, Quotes, Rage, The Enduring Emptiness Of Our Public Rage, Time Magazine on September 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »
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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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Even Tiny Progress |
2017 | Real Conservatism |
2016 | The Business Of Life |
2015 | Alone Again, Naturally |
2014 | Agreed |
2013 | Smile From Your Heart! |
2012 | Like You |
2011 | Got Days? |
2010 | K9 Humor – Has Anyone Seen My Setter? (Must read!!) |
A Longer Blog Than You Want To Read (Probably) | |
2009 | Back and Forth and Round Again… |
Some Basic Virtues
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Anthony Bourdain, Basic Virtues, Beliefs, Curiosity, Empathy, Humility, Mercy, Philosophy, Quotes on August 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I believe in some basic virtues, you know? Mercy, humility, curiosity, empathy. | |
— Anthony Bourdain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Too Soon We Part… |
Rigorous And Difficult | |
2016 | Where And Why |
2015 | The Beauty Of Thy Voice |
2014 | Faith In Men |
2013 | An Average Verge |
2012 | Dew Drop Secrets |
2011 | Champion Freedom |
And Stable Genius, Too
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, Humility, Politics, Quotes, Saint Francis de Sales on February 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »
True humility makes no pretense of being humble, and scarcely ever utters words of humility. | |
— Saint Francis de Sales | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | And So We Continue |
2016 | Feeling Endangered? |
2015 | One Day |
2014 | Too Bad |
2013 | Unfinished |
2012 | First Steps Along The Path |
2011 | A Small Part Of Future Webs |
Grateful Humility
Posted in Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Community, Gratitude, Human Behavior, Humility, Jeffrey Kluger, Mother Nature the uniter briefly eclipses the nation's divisions, Quotes, Science, Solar Eclipse, Time Magazine, Totality Eclipse on November 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Obstacles |
Election + 2 Weeks | |
2015 | Done What You Could |
2014 | Impossible To Other Men |
2013 | Just In Case |
2012 | Isn’t This Just Pleasant? |
2011 | No Void In Sight |
Humility Before The Unknowable
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged American Fascists, Chris Hedges, Faith, Humility, Philosophy, Quotes, The Bible on December 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
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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