Conceit is the destruction of any art. Pride is a terrible misfortune. Dimitrov

True modesty is the product of deep thinking about vanity. -Bergson

If you refuse to give advice, the hero will be scattered, and if you don't obey, the counselor will rebel. Huangshigong

If you are not proud, you are proud, not arrogant. -Zhuge Liang

Avoid exuberance and novelty, and then avoid dew. Kun Lv

High-risk is modest and self-grazing; If you are full of fear, you will think of rivers and oceans. Wei Zhi

Say that your strength is long or short, and know that you are long. -Shen Juyi

Modesty is not the so-called modesty, nor does it accept people's opinions on the surface, nor does it blur the boundary between right and wrong and truth without arguing with others. Instead, we should maintain our own political stance and not blindly follow other people's opinions before we understand them. -Xu Teli

Every minute of complacency, in this minute, stopped absorbing life and excreting life. Only by accepting criticism can we get rid of all the spiritual dross. Only by absorbing the opinions of others can we add new spiritual tonics. -Xu Teli

True modesty means no prejudice, completely emancipating the mind, not being bound by anything, taking a realistic attitude towards everything, and analyzing the opinions reflected by either side in a concrete way, so as not to turn a deaf ear. -Deng Tuo

In order to completely prevent and overcome subjectivism in different degrees, we can only ask ourselves to be truly open-minded when things happen. -Deng Tuo

The enemy of learning is your own satisfaction. Study hard and never be complacent. We should adopt this attitude towards ourselves, "never tire of learning" and treat others "never tire of teaching". Mao Zedong

My motto is: people should not be arrogant, but not arrogant. -Xu Beihong

Learning is not enough, and modesty comes from not being satisfied. False modesty can only win vulgar applause, but can not make real progress. -Hua

All I have to do is reach out and harvest the crops that others have sown for me. -Goethe

Modest students cherish the truth and don't care about others' praise: the first thing that unpretentious students think of is to show off their praise and be indifferent to the truth. In the history of thought, modesty is almost always directly proportional to students' talents, while immodesty is inversely proportional. -plekhanov