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Too humble is half proud. Yiddish Proverbs Humility 670
Who knows himself a braggart let him fear this for it will come to pass that every braggart shall be found an ass. William Shakespeare Humility 234
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. Ludwig van Beethoven Humility 219
It is humility that makes men as angels. It was pride that changed angels into devils. Saint Augustine Humility 218
After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser. Benjamin Franklin Humility 203
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. Mark Twain Humility 154
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. John Selden Humility 143
Modesty is the color of virtue. Diogenes Humility 140
Ingratitude produces pride while gratitude produces humility. Orrin Woodward Humility 134
Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self. T.S. Eliot Humility 121
Too much humility is pride. Proverbs Humility 119
Be smart, but never show it. Louis B Mayer Humility 108
Humility, gentleness, and helpfulness go so much further and open doors you cannot imagine. Ann Tran Humility 106
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. Muhammad Ali Humility 105
Life is a long lesson in humility. James M. Barrie Humility 102
On the highest throne in the world we still sit only on our own bottom. Michel de Montaigne Humility 100
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. Rabindranath Tagore Humility 100
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. Baruch (_Benedict de) Spinoza Humility 100
In every family there is a murderer a thief and a crazy person. And if you have a little Blue blood in the line you can be sure there are more than one of each. Clementine Jeffries Humility 97
Humility is the ladder to divine understanding. Source Unknown Humility 96
Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. Oliver Herford Humility 94
There is no true holiness without humility. Thomas Fuller Humility 94
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott Humility 94
Our humility before God has no value except that it prepares us to reveal the humility of Jesus to our fellow men. Andrew Murray Humility 93
Of all the idiots I have met in my life, and the Lord knows they have not been few or little, I think that I have been the biggest. Isak Dinesen Humility 93
Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others. Francois de la Rochefoucauld Humility 93
Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Humility 92
No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday. Alexander Pope Humility 91
Humility is often only a feigned submission, of which we make use to render others submissive. It is an artifice of pride which abases in order to exalt itself. FranÃ§ois de La Rochefoucauld Humility 90
We rise in glory, as we sink in pride:Where boasting ends, there dignity begins. Edward Young Humility 90
Weel maam said Stephen making the best of it with a smile when I hafinished off I mun quit this part and try another. Fortnet or misfortnet a man can but try theres now to be done wiout tryin cept laying down and dying. Charles Dickens Humility 90
The fruits of humility are love and peace. Hebrew Proverb Humility 89
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows. Helen Nielsen Humility 89
So rare is the union of beauty with modesty. Juvenal Humility 88
Modesty is the beauty of women. Scottish Proverbs Humility 87
Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues. Confucius Humility 87
Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ignorance and he saw no point in measurements when he did not know what he was measuring. Robert A. Heinlein Humility 87
Modesty forbids what the law does not. Marcus Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Elder)Humility 86
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. Charles H. Spurgeon Humility 85
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it it leaves. Timothy Keller Humility 84
The essence of humility in Step 3 is acknowledging and accepting our dependence on God. The essence of faith is trusting God. p. 167 Ray A.Humility 84
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 Bible Humility 84
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person Horace Humility 83
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Lord Chesterfield Humility 82
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him. Edward W. Howe Humility 82
Humility is no substitute for a good personality. Fran Lebowitz Humility 81
His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish. Elisabeth Elliot Humility 80
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. Samuel Butler Humility 79
I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb. Hyman George Rickover Humility 78
Modesty is the conscience of the body. Honore de Balzac Humility 78

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