Ralph W. Sockman - True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly...

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True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

Ralph W. Sockman

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wahre Demut ist intelligente Selbstachtung, die uns davon abhält, zu hoch oder zu gemein von uns selbst zu denken. Es macht uns bescheiden, indem wir uns daran erinnern, wie weit wir noch nicht an dem sind, was wir können.

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