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| 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 |
| Swallow your pride occasionally, it’s non-fattening! ~ Author Unknown |
| It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. ~ Andrew J. Holmes, |
| What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. ~ Abraham Lincoln |
| A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. ~ Benjamin Franklin |
| Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| It wasn’t until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don’t know!" ~ Somerset Maugham |
| Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon |
| If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect. ~ Ted Turner |
| There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us. ~ Laurence J. Peter |
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| Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes |
| 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, |
| We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm. ~ Winston Churchill |
| Don’t talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave. ~ Wilson Mizner |
| It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli |
| True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. ~ Edward Frederick Halifax |
| Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. ~ Frank Leahy, |
| It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. ~ Author Unknown |
| It is always the secure who are humble. ~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton |
| In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait. ~ J. Petit-Senn |
| Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. ~ Barry Switzer |
| When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it. ~ Bernard Baily |
| 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. ~ Charles Neaves |
| Blushing is the color of virtue. ~ Diogenes |
| Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. ~ Eric Hoffer, |
| When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high. ~ Mary H. Waldrip |
| With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer |
| None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. ~ Benjamin Whichcote |
| We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. ~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld, |
| Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. ~ Lord Chesterfield |