“You find very few critics who approach their job with a combination of information and enthusiasm and humility that makes for a good critic. But there is nothing wrong with critics as long as people don't pay any attention to them. I mean, nobody wants to put them out of a job and a good critic is not necessarily a dead critic. It's just that people take what a critic says as a fact rather than an opinion, and you have to know whether the opinion of the critic is informed or uninformed, intelligent of stupid -- but most people don't take the trouble.” PeopleKnowsWantMeanLongFactsJobsPayAttentionOpinionTroubleStupidInformationHumilityApproachCriticismIntelligentCriticsEnthusiasmCombinationUninformed Book:Conversations with Edward Albee Source: Conversations with Edward Albee
“I've found in my own life that the older I get, the more stubborn I am in my beliefs and opinions. Without keeping my ego in check, it would be easy for me to bail on relationships when I didn't agree with someone. The antidote to this problem is humility, plain and simple. The more we claim an unassuming nature, the more we believe the best about people and situations, and the more we try and see others through the lens of love. We are then given the opportunity for our relationships to grow.” PeopleTryingBelieveProblemOpportunityBeliefEasySimpleSituationOpinionHumilityEgoAgreeOur RelationshipStubborn Author:Anne Marie Miller
“Worldly ambition is founded on pride or envy, but emulation, or laudable ambition, is actually founded in humility; for it evidently implies that we have a low opinion of our present attainments, and think it necessary to be advanced.” ThinkingOpinionHumilityPrideAmbitionLowsEnvyWorldlyAttainmentEmulation Author:Joseph Hall
“Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.” PeopleThinkingMeanDoeFreedomOpinionHumilityLowsAbout YourselfThinking About YouHumility And ModestyThinking About YourselfThinking Less Author:William Temple
“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.” SometimesLiteratureInspiringOpinionHumilityPrejudiceAppearanceDeceitBoastHypeIndirectDeceitfulCarelessnessPride And Prejudice PridePride And HumilityPride And Prejudice Book Book:Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1 Source: Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1