The famous saying "Modesty makes people progress, while pride makes people lag behind" was written by the great President Mao Zedong.

1. Source:

Shangshu Dayu Mo: full of losses, modest benefits. It means: complacency brings losses, modesty gains benefits. Later, Chairman Mao made the past serve the present in his article, and included this famous saying in Quotations of Chairman Mao, that is, "Modesty makes people progress, and pride makes people lag behind".

2. Modesty and prudence, without arrogance or rashness, are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and the fine style of the China * * * production party. Chairman Mao's "modesty makes people progress, and pride makes people lag behind" is to urge all party member to maintain the traditional virtues and fine style of modesty and prudence, and urge all party member cadres, especially leading cadres, to continue to adhere to modesty and prudence and arrogance in light of the new historical reality? Not impetuous style, and make it further maintained and carried forward. Even if we have made great achievements in our work, there is no reason to be arrogant. Modesty makes people progress and pride makes people lag behind. We should always remember this truth. "

3. A fine horse can take risks, but its field is not as strong as that of an ox; A strong car can carry heavy loads, but crossing the river is not as good as a boat. The feet are shorter and the inches are longer. Everyone has advantages and disadvantages. Every cadre in party member should pay more attention to other people's advantages and strengths, think more about his own problems and shortcomings, and constantly improve and overcome them. Only in this way can we make great progress and continuous improvement. For ourselves, it is also of great significance.