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Humility Quotes
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian AnalectsThe superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
Modesty is the citadel of beauty.
Demades
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
Fran Lebowitz (1950 - ), Metropolitan Life, 1978
Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility.
Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999
Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.
Madam Guizot
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
I am no more humble than my talents require.
Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
Ted Turner
It well becomes a young man to be modest.
Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC)
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) |  |
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