“Humble people were unsettling at best. All that lack of backbone. It was just creepy. Like talking to linguine.” — Laura Florand Copy Share Image
False modesty is the masterpiece of vanity: showing the vain man in such an illusory light that he appears in the reputation… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“We do God more honor by believing what He has said about Himself and having the courage to come boldly to the… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
You learn about gratitude by giving. You learn about humility by receiving, and in the pecking order of human qualities, I'd probably… — Jean Harris Copy Share Image
What you select from, in order to tell your story, is nothing less than everything. What you build up your world from,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward… — William Penn Copy Share Image
ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Am I cocky or conceited? I'm definitely cocky. But at the root is confidence and humility. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us are going to the stars. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
My artistic goal was to write something that's one hundred percent real and true to me and to this world. I tried… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
Wherever you find real love, you will also find humility. Remember something: humility is not a weak and timid quality. Too often… — Kathryn Kuhlman Copy Share Image
The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
We prefer humility in others - and if we prefer it in others - we can soon prefer it in ourselves. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
You can be in a crowd full of friends and be miserable because you're alienated. The ego alienates. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
