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"That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
"Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting"
Sydney J. Harris, Journalist
"Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet
"What I have known with respect to myself has tended much to lessen both my admiration and my contempt of others"
J.B. Priestley, Writer
"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions"
Confucius, Philosopher
"I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability"
Confucius, Philosopher
"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good"
Confucius, Philosopher
"Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends"
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency"
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
"The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
"Remember, you are just an extra in everyone else's play"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
"No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
"Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set"
Francis Bacon, Philosopher
"Sincerity may be humble, but she cannot be servile"
Lord Byron, Poet
"Impudence is the worst of all human diseases"
Euripides, Poet
"Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
"It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush"
George Herbert, Poet
"If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him"
George Herbert, Poet
"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package"
John Ruskin, Writer
"The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility, I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do"
John Ruskin, Writer
"Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride"
John Ruskin, Writer
"So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way"
Will Rogers, Actor
"Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked"
Saint Augustine, Saint
"Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed"
Blaise Pascal, Philosopher
"I feel coming on a strange disease - humility"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
"If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked"
Epictetus, Philosopher
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid"
Epictetus, Philosopher
"One may be humble out of pride"
Michel de Montaigne, Philosopher
"I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed"
Bob Dylan, Musician
"The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth"
Edmund Burke, Statesman
"Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self"
Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher
"We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that"
William Penn, Leader
"To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's"
William Penn, Leader
"To know how to hide one's ability is great skill"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
"What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
"If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
"I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have"
Leonardo da Vinci, Artist
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