We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. – Rabindranath Tagore
Blushing is the color of virtue. – Diogenes
Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. – Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, 1951
When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high. – Mary H. Waldrip
With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. – Arthur Schopenhauer
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. – Benjamin Whichcote
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault, Maxims
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. – Lord Chesterfield
People that put themselves above others will fall longer and harder. – Gina Lindley
One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Wash out your ego every once in a while, as cleanliness is next to godliness not just in body but in humility as well. – Terri Guillemets
Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with. – Peter Marshall
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. – Dwight Morrow
If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. – Welsh Proverb
[H]e was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. – George Eliot, Adam Bede
Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected. – William Safire
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others. – William Hazlitt
Modesty: The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are. – Author Unknown
Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small. – Yiddish Proverb
