“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist
Day 19: Cultivating Community
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (2002)
“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.”
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“Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.”
Michel De Montaigne book Essays
Source: Essais (1595), Book III, Chapter X. Of Managing the Will. End of First Paragraph.
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) French fashion designer
As quoted in Believing in Ourselves (1992) by Armand Eisen, p. 39
Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader
Day 19: Cultivating Community
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (2002)
Variant: Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?
“To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Source: The Book of Disquiet
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Source: Everybody’s Autobiography (1937), Ch. 2
Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) Japanese Buddhist missionary
Express Yourself Fully (page 8)
Not Always So, practicing the true spirit of Zen (2002)
“You should be ashamed for not trusting yourself.”
Source: https://filmfreeway.com/authentic_hale
Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach
Source: Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, Managing Teams in a Week (2013) https://books.google.ae/books?idqZjO9_ov74EC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIIDAB#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, Secrets of Success at Work – 50 techniques to excel (2014) https://books.google.ae/books?id4S7vAgAAQBAJ&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIJjAC#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, p.23
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care