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In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait.
Sep 19, 2025
Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.
Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.
There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us
To have a thing is little, if you're not allowed to show it, to know a thing, is nothing unless others know you know it.
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.
Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed.
True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
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.
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.
When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.
Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
Some people are born on third base.
Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.
The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.
It is always the secure who are humble.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
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.
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