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HUMILITY vs ARROGANCE

DEFINITION: “Humility is limiting my feelings of self-importance and recognizing that everyone has strengths and limitations.”

COMPANION TRAITS: Modesty, Unselfishness, Meekness, Realistic, Patience, Self-awareness, Service

Quotes

“Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world” – Miyamoto Musashi

“Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.”- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Humility will open more doors and arrogance ever will.”- Zig Ziglar

“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.”- Jesse Jackson

“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”- Socrates

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” – C.S. Lewis

“A great man is always willing to be little.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Being humble means that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

“Pride is concerned with WHO is right. Humility is concerned with WHAT is right.” – Ezra Taft Benson

“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Without humility, there can be no humanity.” – John Buchan

“It is always the secure who are humble.” – G.K. Chesterton

“A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.” – Albert Einstein

“Life is a long lesson in humility.” – J.M. Barrie

“You shouldn’t gloat about anything you’ve done; you ought to keep going and find something better to do.” – David Packard “Build me a son who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.” – Douglas MacArthur