Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes About Humility
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Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.
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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
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With all humility, I think, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." Infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbor as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself, and equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor; you must be living with your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.
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The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- Born: March 8, 1841
- Died: March 6, 1935
- Occupation: Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States