Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to read more

Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your read more

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.

Fairest and best adorned is she
Whose clothing is humility.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give read more

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, read more

He saw a cottage with a double coach-house,
A cottage of gentility!
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility.

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases read more

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.