“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.”
- Abraham Lincoln

“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
- Benjamin Franklin

“It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.”
- Andrew J. Holmes

“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”
- Barry Switzer

“When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.”
- Bernard Baily

“When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high.”
- Mary H. Waldrip

“None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.”
- Benjamin Whichhcote

“He was like a rooster who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.”
- George Eliot

“If I had any humility I would be perfect.”
- Ted Turner

“Don’t be humble; you’re not that great.”
- Golda Meir

“I am no more humble than my talents require.”
- Oscar Levant

“Only the penitent man will pass…the penitent man is humble, the penitent man kneels before God.”
- Dr. Jones, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

“Oh yeah? Well, I’m twice as humble as you!”
- Linus to Charlie Brown

Humility

"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all
And sweetest in the gale is heard.
- Emily Dickenson

When hope dies, the killing begins. Hopelessness and brutality are just two sides of the same coin."
- Jurgen Moltmann

"One of the most important distinctions I have learned in the course of reflection on Jewish history is the difference between optimism and hope. Optimism is the belief that things will get better. Hope is the faith that, together, we can make things better. Optimism is a passive virtue; hope, an active one. It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope."
- Jonathan Sacks

"Within the embrace of Christ’s wounds lies our only refuge, and our hope of glory only on the other side."
- Deborah Smith Douglas

Hope