QUOTES About Humility to Reflect Upon-

 

• Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

• True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

• It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

 

 

Making the Commitment to Be Humble

• Humility is not only a virtue that you can build, but it may also benefit you in terms of physical health, mental health, relationships, and spirituality.
  
• Do you want to try to experience the freedom of better feelings of humility?
  

 

Understanding Pride: Humility’s Opposite
 

• We use the word “pride” in lots of ways. For example, we might say, “I’m proud of my patriotism,” or “I’m proud to be part of my college.” Usually, there is nothing wrong with that type of pride (but of course we can take even legitimate pride to the extreme where we are obnoxiously proud of our country or college). However, it’s the other side of pride that is the enemy of humility. It’s that feeling of superiority or arrogance or total self-sufficiency. That kind of pride is truly a burden. People dislike proud people. They tend to cut them out of social groups and act negatively toward them. Carrying that pride around can be burdensome. Remember that holding this burden is hurting you, not anybody else, but letting go will help everyone.

• Often, pride can lead to success and other positive events. However, this prideful manner only brings about temporary happiness and meaning, especially when compared to a success that is brought about from humility and valuing others.

• Do you sometimes tend to underestimate the capacity of others in favor of your own ideas?

• A major component of humility is being able to step away and let somebody else take the reins, as well as to be open to trying something new.

• A classic example of pride comes from being too stubborn to do something differently than how you always did it before. Change can be scary, but what’s even scarier is not to change when it serves to your benefit.

• By understanding that there is more out there than we can know, and that we are all fallible human beings, we can replace judgment with love and understanding.

• Replace criticism with compassion as you interact with others, and this will help you grow toward humility as you put yourself in others’ shoes.

 

Value All Things to Lower Self-Focus

One of the best ways we can get in touch with our humility is to count our blessings. When we are grateful, we can feel that gratitude toward any person. Scientists have begun to show that an attitude of gratitude can produce better health. In fact, just writing down things you are grateful for each day can result in better health.
 

 

You have a choice. You can hold onto your prideful emotions, or if you have replaced those with love or empathy or sympathy or compassion, you can now hold on to your emotional humility- even in the face of powerful events that demand that you give up that emotional humility.
 

When you feel pride pop up again, you can remind yourself: This pride I’m feeling doesn’t make me a bad person. I can choose to assess the situation humbly instead.
 

Feeling like pride has gotten in your way?

1. Get out of the situation.
2. Distract yourself.
   

Ways to Hold Onto Humility:

1. Realize that you’re not a bad person for feeling pride.
2. Don’t dwell on prideful or selfish emotions.
3. Take a deep breath and remind yourself that you have chosen to live a more humble lifestyle.
4. Open yourself and be adaptable.
5. Examine your limitations and commit to a humble lifestyle.

 

Learn the Lessons of a Pencil

Look at a real pencil, or the image below, after reading the following. Learn the lessons the pencil has for your life.

• It has a short life, yet it can make a significant mark, just like you.
• It is not a pen. Its mistakes can be corrected with effort, but it often means standing the pencil on its head. Neither its mistakes nor its achievements are permanent.
• For the pencil – like you – what is inside, not outside, is responsible for its mark.
   

The pencil needs to be ground down and sharpened regularly, so don’t despise the sharpening that you must undergo. Often humility can be difficult and unpleasant, but if you let your selfishness and pride go on and on, you will end up dull, and nobody will understand what you’re writing.



The complete growth path here: The Path to Humility