Advantage Quote by Samuel Johnson

Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

— Golda Meir

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Impertinence will intermeddle in things in which it has no concern, showing a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence.

— George Crabbe

Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of the seats of diseases, and cause us to blush at our prescriptions. How often are we…

— Benjamin Rush

I’ve seen - both in myself and my competitors - how satisfaction can lead to a lack of vigilance, then to mistakes and missed…

— Garry Kasparov

There is a certain clinical satisfaction in seeing just how bad things can get.

— Sylvia Plath

My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

— Thomas Eakins

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

— Edsger Dijkstra

Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for…

— Ed Bliss

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

— Anonymous

Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.

— Charles Caleb Colton