Author Topic: Humility (Read 313 times)

Lorenzo · « **on:** July 07, 2012, 10:29:35 PM »

Highest when it stoops
Lowest before the holy throne; throws down
Its crown abased; forgets itself, admires,
And breathes ador'ing praise.

-Pollok

Lorenzo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:30:03 PM »

The sufficiency of my merit is to known that my merit is not sufficient.

-Augustine

chicogon · « **Reply #2 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:37:57 PM »

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. ~William Temple

chicogon · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:38:15 PM »

Swallow your pride occasionally, it's non-fattening! ~Author Unknown

chicogon · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:38:59 PM »

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. ~Benjamin Franklin

chicogon · « **Reply #5 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:39:26 PM »

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. ~Charles Haddon Spurgeon

chicogon · « **Reply #6 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:39:51 PM »

If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect. ~Ted Turner

chicogon · « **Reply #7 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:40:13 PM »

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. ~Malcolm S. Forbes

Lorenzo · « **Reply #8 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:40:21 PM »

Be wise,
Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise.

-Massinger

chicogon · « **Reply #9 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:40:48 PM »

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. ~A. Whitney Brown, The Big Picture

chicogon · « **Reply #10 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:41:11 PM »

We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm. ~Winston Churchill

chicogon · « **Reply #11 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:41:37 PM »

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. ~Niccolo Machiavelli

Lorenzo · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:41:40 PM »

Quote from: chicogon on July 07, 2012, 10:40:48 PM

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. ~A. Whitney Brown, The Big Picture

Excellent quote !

chicogon · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:44:48 PM »

It is always the secure who are humble. ~Gilbert Keith Chesterton

chicogon · « **Reply #14 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:45:31 PM »

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. ~Rabindranath Tagore

chicogon · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:45:51 PM »

Blushing is the color of virtue. ~Diogenes

chicogon · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:46:16 PM »

Don't look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb

chicogon · « **Reply #17 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:46:37 PM »

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. ~Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, 1951

chicogon · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:46:55 PM »

When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high. ~Mary H. Waldrip

chicogon · « **Reply #19 on:** July 07, 2012, 10:47:26 PM »

With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. ~Arthur Schopenhauer

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