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Humility Quotes
“Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!”
Source: Stillness Speaks
“None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.”
Source: Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney
“Greatness is a two-faced coin - and the reverse is humility.”
“The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.”
“The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.”
“When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.”
“Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.”
“In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.”
Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
Source: The Analects
“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”
Source: The Chinese Classics
“Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.”
“Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others”
“Humility is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.”
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”
Source: A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se