"You don't want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I'm here because I've been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I'm paying for someone else who has yet to come."

-- Maya Angelou

#Humility Quotes #Want Quotes #Modesty Quotes

“The Eubank fight was my hardest fight.”
“Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question.”

Source : Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux (2010). “The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company
“One of the principal objects of theoretical research in my department of knowledge is to find the point of view from which the subject appears in its greatest simplicity.”
“I really like the idea of consumption tax, and most countries have a pretty serious consumption tax. It's called a value-added tax or a goods and services tax ... It's a sales tax. It doesn't tax labor, it doesn't tax savings or investment - it taxes consumption.”
“I think social networks are really working for the drivers, because we're able to talk directly to fans and they get first-hand information. And I think it's great for the partners as well and the businesses that are involved in Formula One.”
“What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.”
“If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.”
“Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream.”

Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.

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