Don't shine so others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see Him.
C.S Lewis
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Bible
Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty.
Jefferson Davis
Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Do not praise yourself when going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle.
Russian proverbs
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
William Wordsworth
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu
It is not goodness to be better than the very worst.
Seneca
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Saint Augustine
Be the chief but never the lord.
Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Will Durant
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.
Miguel de Cervantes
The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
Edmund Burke
I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
Abraham Lincoln
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
George Herbert
Even the best horse may stumble.
Norwegian proverbs
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Albert Einstein
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
