Thursday, April 7, 2011

THOUGHTS ON HUMILITY

"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them."
~ Charles de Montesquieu

"Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth."
~ Madame Guizot

"None are so empty as those who are full of themselves."
~ Benjamin Whichcot

"Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom."
~ William Penn