Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.
Madeleine L'EngleRead
If you look around the room, and you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
Interpretation
Surrounding yourself with people who challenge you is essential for growth.
This quote emphasizes the importance of being in environments that foster learning and development. If you find yourself in a situation where you are the most knowledgeable person, it may limit your potential for growth; thus, seeking out new perspectives and challenges is crucial to personal and professional advancement.
In practice
During a team-building retreat, I shared this quote to inspire employees to seek out mentors.
Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
Better slip with foot than tongue.
When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.
Since you are the one who has to live with your choices, be sure they are your own.
If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.
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