What is humility?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Humility is teachableness—an ability to realize that all virtues and abilities are not concentrated in one’s self … .

“Humility is never accusing nor contentious … .

“Humility is repentant and seeks not to justify its follies. It is forgiving others in the realization that there may be errors of the same kind or worse chalked up against itself … .

“Humility makes no bid for popularity and notoriety; demands no honors … .

“It is not self-abasement—the hiding in the corner, the devaluation of everything one does or thinks or says; but it is the doing of one’s best in every case and leaving of one’s acts, expressions, and accomplishments to largely speak for themselves” (Kimball, “Humility”).

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