"At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement."

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Pearl S. Buck

#Humility Quotes #Heart Quotes #Pride Quotes

“To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy.”

Source : Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.110, Transaction Publishers
“Christmas is a rare occasion when we are reminded that we have obligations to people we did not choose to be related to, and that love is not just a spontaneous feeling but something we sometimes really have to work at, with people we may not even much like.”
“Knowing that I am out here, with a full open heart, travelling and living my dream with my guys playing music, that allows me to come home and be a better man, a better dad, knowing that I am fulfilling what I have always wanted to do.”

Source : Source: maroonweekly.com
“What we seek in love is finding someone with whom we feel safe to reveal our true self.”
“And what I wanted to do was, I wanted to explore problems and areas where we didn't have answers. In fact, where we didn't even know the right questions to ask.”
“the smile you give is the smile you get back.”

Source : Goldie Hawn (2006). “A Lotus Grows in the Mud”, p.19, Penguin
“I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of do, I might do two or three key interviews and that would be it.”
“Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it.”

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