Essays on Humility

Humility and Self-Control Several studies have found humility to be linked to greater self-control. A neurological study conducted to investigate the structural neural basis of trait modesty has found an indirect association with self-control (Zheng, Wu, Jin, & Wu, 2017). Although modesty is often considered…

Integrity, dignity, and humility are the true indicators of one’s inner beauty. Michael DeBakey, a famous American cardiovascular surgeon said, “Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest human values-honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity, compassion, humility, courage, personal responsibility, courtesy, and human service.” Although…

Motives for Humility ‘To sing of wars, of captains, and of kings, Of cities founded, commonwealths begun, For my mean pen are too superior things…’ (Bradstreet, lines 1-3) ‘I am this crumb of Dust which is designed To make my Pen unto Thy praise alone,…

Summary From the outset Dickson states that writing a book on humility would give the impression that one has arrived and attained it. Just the idea that you have attained humility is deceiving. Dickson states that humility stands alone among the virtues in that as…