It
is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your
help.
Author Unknown
When
science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed
to find they are not it.
Bernard Baily
Glory
is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a
vivid awareness of an audience.
Eric Hoffer
With
people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who
possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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
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
The
man who thinks he can live without others is mistaken; the one who thinks
others can't live without him is even more deluded.
Hasidic Saying
You
shouldn't gloat about anything you've done; you ought to keep going and find
something better to do.
David Packard
Modesty
is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of
it.
Oliver Herford
Modesty: The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how
wonderful you are.
Source Unknown
Any
party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents
blame it for the drought.
Dwight Morrow
I
can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no
offspring.
James McNeill Whistler
Lord,
where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy
to live with.
Peter Marshall
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