Good afternoon. How is your first week of Spring going? It is Wednesday again, so that means it is time for another installment of Wisdom Wednesday. This week we are focusing on the virtue of humility.
Humility is a nature to be modest with an absence of false pride. We as humans have many characteristics. These characteristics can be positive as well as negative. A positive characteristic is rational and prolific for others while a negative characteristic is illogical and destructive for others. Characteristics are essential at all levels of human connections, both singular in addition to mutual. The noticeable positive human characteristics that give a rational and valuable shape to our personalities are faith, awareness, understanding, constancy, justice, gratitude, courage, passion, and humility. All of these characteristics are inter-connected with each other and reciprocally supporting.
Humility begins from the point of self-respect, strength, self-worth, and capabilities. An importance that is infrequently validated, and a theme that can be well-defined as a great quest to increase your interactions with others, decrease stress, and increase joy at home and work.
It is significant to note that the lack of positive characteristics, such as humility, in one’s personality, gives way to negative characteristics and attitudes. These include distrust, unawareness, futility, impulsiveness, fear, injustice, grief, jealousy, and pride. The negative characteristics are also codependent and reciprocally supporting. The negative characteristics give irrational and negative nature to attitude and personality.
Whereas pride is worried about who is correct, humility is worried about what is correct. The opposite of pride is humility and frenzies a conflict deep within everyone’s heart. It is the machine of ordinariness, because the proud believe that they have “made it” and have nothing more to learn.
Humility moves us from being emotionally and spiritually disadvantaged, to an indistinguishable prosperity as well as tranquility and peace. But we must have humility in order to develop, transform, restore, and assist others.
Humility assists us in gathering together with others in consideration. It is reminiscent of the influence we achieve when we free ourselves and submit to others because humility does not strive to be recognized or notable. It strives to serve, to aid in improving others and is selfless.
How do you practice humility?
10 Wisdom Wednesday Quotes: Humility
- “Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.”—Rick Pitino
- “True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.” ― Martin Luther
- “’Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.”—Alice Walker
- “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” ― C.S. Lewis
- “It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.”—Saint Augustine
- “With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.”—Ezra Taft Benson
- “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
- “Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.”—Confucius
- “Life is a long lesson in humility.”—James M. Barrie
- “Stay hungry, stay young, stay foolish, stay curious, and above all, stay humble because just when you think you got all the answers, is the moment when some bitter twist of fate in the universe will remind you that you very much don’t.” ― Tom Hiddleston
