Humble Brag

Humility:  A modest or low view of one's own importance; freedom from pride or arrogance.

This is a good definition.  It's worthy of its own meaning.  I don't like the definitions of humility that imply that I'm not important, preferring the interpretation that I'm not that important, that I'm not any less or more important than you are.

Sometimes people mistake my confidence for arrogance except for the times when I am . . . in fact . . . arrogant.

To be humble is to serve others and to ponder their well-being as well as your own.

To be humble is to be aware of your strengths as well as your weaknesses.

So today I no longer believe that I'm more important than you are.  I do, however, believe that I'm better than you are.

Humility is remaining teachable, knowing that you don't have all the answers.

I think I'm teachable.  I'm also pretty sure I have all the answers.

If you think you're humble you're missing the point.

Being humble is having a Porsche but not telling anyone about it. Or taking the subway even though you're worth $100 million dollars.  That's humble.

One of these pithy aphorisms is mine - the rest have been shamelessly plagiarized.