#humility

Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

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The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#avoids #aware #clever #competent #full

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#claim #confess #enough #err #errors

Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves. ↗

— William Law

#humility #judgment #nothing #ourselves #right

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#less #thinking #yourself

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility. ↗

— James McGreevey

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And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#began #born #compels #humility #now

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#america #chairman #deeply #delegates #even

I don't doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong's spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#armstrong #big #big stuff #blend #confidence