It's National "Be
Humble Day"
Oh Lord, It's hard to be humble.
A speakers collection
of jokes and quotes on humility.
Quotes on Humility in Business
& Leadership:
"The culture of a
company starts at the top. It reflects the style of the leader. You have to use humility,
create a motivating environment, mentor as well as manage." --Mike Seashols
"People who look
down on other people don't end up being looked up to" --Robert Half
- "I believe that the first test
of a truly great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But
really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through
them. And they see something divine in every other man and are endlessly, foolishly,
incredibly merciful. "
--John Ruskin (1819
- 1900)
"Talent is God given; be
humble. Fame is man-given; be grateful. Conceit is self-given; be careful"--John
Wooden (1910- )
"Discipline and diligence are
up there on the list. But one of the most important qualities of many really successful
people is humility -- if you have a degree of humility about you, you have the ability to
take advice, to be coachable, teachable. A humble person never stops learning." --
Todd Blackledge
"I wouldn't be human if I
didn't feel pride and something that transcends pride—humility." --James Cash
Penney, founder, JC Penney Corp at dedication of his company's Manhattan headquarters
"The chief executive who knows
his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one
who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humility -- that priceless attitude
of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal
shortcomings." -- John Adair
"I have three precious things
which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third
is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be
bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can
become a leader among men. " - Lao-Tzu
"The proud man
counts his newspaper clippings; the humble man his blessings." --Fulton J. Sheen
Humor:
"What kills a
skunk is the publicity it gives itself. " ~Abraham Lincoln
"Oh yeah, I have
more humility in my little finger than you have in your whole BODY! "
``In 1969 I published
a small book on Humility. It was a pioneering work which has not, to my knowledge, been
superseded. ''-- Lord Longford 1905-
``Shamus, n.
[Yiddish]: A shamus is a guy who takes care of handyman tasks around the temple, and makes
sure everything is in working order. A shamus is at the bottom of the pecking order of
synagogue functionaries, and there's a joke about that: A rabbi, to show his humility
before God, cries out in the middle of a service, "Oh, Lord, I am nobody!" The
cantor, not to be bested, also cries out, "Oh, Lord, I am nobody!" The shamus,
deeply moved, follows suit and cries, "Oh, Lord, I am nobody!" The rabbi turns
to the cantor and says, "Look who thinks he's nobody!" ''-- Arthur Naiman,
"Every Goy's Guide to Yiddish"
Scott knelt in the confessional and
said, "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned."
"What is it, child?"
"Father, I have committed the
sin of vanity. Twice a day I gaze at myself in the mirror and tell myself how beautiful I
am."
The priest turned, took a good look
at him, and said, "Scott, I have good news. That isn't a sin - it's only a
mistake."
"If you hear that someone is
speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself, you should say: "he
obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have
mentioned."--Epictetus
"He was like a cock who
thought the sun had risen to hear him crow."
-- George Eliot
"Flattery is all right so long
as you don't inhale." ~Adlai Stevenson
"Swallow your pride
occasionally, it's non-fattening! " ~Author Unknown
"Lord, where we are wrong,
make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with."
~Peter Marshall
"The world is divided into
people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the
first class. There's far less competition. " -- Dwight Morrow`
"When science finally locates
the center of the universe, some people will be surprised to learn they're not it."
--Author Unknown
"Some people are born on third
base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. " ~Barry Switzer
"Egotism is the
anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity." --Frank Leahy
"Humility is like underwear;
essential, but indecent if it shows. "-- Helen Nielsen
"The really tough thing about
humility is you can't brag about it."
-- Gene Brown
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"While it's true that you are
a glorious creation of a magnificent universe, so are the rest of us." -- Tom Barrett
"The one serious conviction
that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously."-- Samuel Butler
"It is important that man
dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams". --
Lin Yutang
"None are so empty as those
who are full of themselves. " --Benjamin Whichcote
"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
"Modesty: The art of
encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are." --Source
Unknown
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