“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
Source: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Penn Reading Project Edition
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“Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.”
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.”
“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.”
Source: Speaking of Abraham Lincoln
“It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.”
Source: Prayers Offered by the Chaplain, the Rev. Peter Marshall, D.D.: At the Opening of the Daily Sessions of the Senate of the United States During the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congress 1947-1949
“It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.”
“It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'”
“The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.”
“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.”
“Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.”
Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
Source: The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index
“I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.”
“Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.”
Source: Gleanings Among The Sheaves
“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”
“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”
Source: Stray Birds
“I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.”
“To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.”
Source: Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
“True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.”
“Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.”
“Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.”
“Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.”
Source: The Big Picture: An American Commentary
Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER
“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.”
“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”
Source: The Chinese Classics
“Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.”
Source: Weight of Glory
Source: The Miscellaneous Works
“There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us”
“In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait.”
Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton