1. “A
great man is always willing to be little” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. “True
humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less” –
C.S. Lewis
3. “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” – Mahatma Ghandi
4. “On
the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom” – Michel
de Montaigne
5. “As
long as you are proud, you cannot know God.
A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course,
as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you” –
C.S. Lewis
6. “A
true genius admits that he/she knows nothing” – Albert Einstein
7. “Life
is a long lesson in humility” – J.M. barrie
8. “Every
person that you meet knows something that you don’t; learn from them.” – H.
Jackson Brown Jr.
9. “The
sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient” – St.
Augustine
10. “Humility
is to make a right estimate of oneself” – Charles H. Spurgeon
11. “After
crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser” – Benjamin Franklin
12. “Humility
is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible
changes of life” – George Arliss
13. “Sense
shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet humble
man is a jewel worth a kingdom” – William Penn
14. “Pride
is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right” –
Ezra Taft Benson
15. “In
a humble state, you learn better. I can’t find anything else very exciting
about humility, but at least there’s that” – John Dooner
16. “We
come nearest to the great when we are great in humility” – Rabindranath Tagore
17. “When
we become aware of our humility, we’ve lost it” – Anonymous
18. “Humility
leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect
to admit mistakes and to make amends for them” John J. McCloy
19. “Our
ego hinders our ability to influence more than
anything else under our control” – Michael McKinney
20. “Don’t
accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful” –
Ann Landers
21. “Generosity
is taking more than you can and pride is taking less than you need” - Khalil Gibran
22. “Remembering
I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me
make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external
expectations, a pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just
fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important – Steve
Jobs
23. “If
you are right, take the humble side – you will help the other fellow. If you
are wrong, take the humble side – and you will help yourself.” – Anonymous
24. “Before
destruction, the heart of man is haughty and before honour is humility” –
Proverbs 18:12
25. “It
was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as
angels” – Augustine of Hippo
“The graveyards are
full of indispensable men” - Charles De
Gaulle
Absolutely inspiring. Made my day
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