Humility Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“And he cares nothing for their praise—men who can’t even meet their own standards.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“-though sometimes it seems to mention a man who simply acts like a decent human being gets undue praise”

— Gabrielle Burton

“We praise heroes as though they are rare, and yet we are always ready to blame another man for lack of heroism.”

— Graham Greene

“No man can achieve a praiseworthy life unless he listens to the whisper which is heard by him alone.”

— Melissa McPhail

“But the vain man did not hear him. Vain men never hear anything but praise.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“The gentleman does not promote people merely on the basis of their words, nor does he reject words merely because of the person who…

— Confucius

“Vain men never hear anything but praise.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Wise man doesn't need to be praised like one. It can reduce the guts of him to be a better man.”

— Toba Beta

“Your efforts to instil either vainglory or false modesty into the patient will therefore be met from the Enemy’s side with the obvious reminder…

— C.S. Lewis

“When a man has been highly honored and has eaten a little he is most benevolent.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I gave him the qualities I personally admire in either sex—intelligence, courage but not foolhardiness, sensitivity but not sentimentality, and reticence.”

— P. D. James

“I learned that it is better, a thousand-fold, for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his head in…

— George MacDonald