Humility
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Humility is the defining characteristic of an unpretentious and modest person, someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others.
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- A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
- Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.
- Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
- Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
- Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
- Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.
- I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
- If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings.
- It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.
- It is always the secure who are humble.
- It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
- It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
- Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
- Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.
- Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.
- Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.
- Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.
- Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
- The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn’t permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him.
- The man who thinks he can live without others is mistaken; the one who thinks others can't live without him is even more deluded.
- There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people. Think of it. More than a BILLION people. That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy, there are still a thousand guys exactly like you.
- There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
- Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
- We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.
- We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
- What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
- With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
- You shouldn't gloat about anything you've done; you ought to keep going and find something better to do.
- Humility is good for all, but is an added richness to the rich.
- Valluvar in Tiruvalluvar: 125]]
- I am third. [Means God must come first in our lives, and our neighbour second.]
- The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
- He who sacrifices a whole offering shall be rewarded for a whole offering; he who offers a burnt-offering shall have the reward of a burnt-offering; but he who offers humility to God and man shall be rewarded with a reward as if he had offered all the sacrifices in the world.
- By humility, and the fear of the Lord, are riches, honor, and life.
- The Bible, Proverbs 22:4
- Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
- The Bible, Matthew 5:5
- The grace which makes every other grace amiable.
- If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble; for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, so it is beloved of none but by itself; the voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric. Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail nor reason.
- After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.
- God created the world out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, he can make something out of us.
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- I would rather have people wonder why there is no statue of me, than wonder why there is.
- Swallow your pride occasionally, it's non-fattening!
- Modesty: The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are.
- It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
