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 Give place to your betters.
 [Lat., De locum melioribus.]  
 Give place to your betters.
 [Lat., De locum melioribus.] 
 Humility, that low, sweet root,
 From which all heavenly virtues shoot.  
 Humility, that low, sweet root,
 From which all heavenly virtues shoot. 
 show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
 you a hungry person  
 show me someone not full of herself and i'll show
 you a hungry person 
 I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the 
other be where read more 
 I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the 
other be where he may. 
 Fairest and best adorned is she
 Whose clothing is humility.  
 Fairest and best adorned is she
 Whose clothing is humility. 
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.
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.
 Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no 
humility for a man to think read more 
 Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. It is no 
humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though 
it might rather puzzle him to do that. 
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
Don't be so humble--you are not that great.