“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway

Humility is the power to love yourself without needing to share it constantly to feel like those feelings have been approved.

Humility is a distinctly special trait. A strong effort toward being humble is when someone can control how much of their self-worship they put out into the world for other people to react to. There are so many more positives to being humble rather than being arrogant. For example, it is so very encouraged to love yourself, but what is more badass than loving yourself, is knowing that no matter what you have developed these solid feelings, therefore it doesn’t matter what other people think. Also, getting into the habit of talking about oneself often can turn into developing a conceited or self-absorbed attitude.

It is important to be aware of your accomplishments, big and small, and know that you have been shaped by all your experiences, but it is also rewarding to know to build off of them and maintain this essence of having improved, but recognizing you are not done growing. It is good to once in a while talk about oneself, praise oneself, always love oneself, definitely acknowledge what has been accomplished, but don’t constantly put oneself purposely higher than everyone else.

Humility is a quality and a moral that I strongly try to practice and is one of the key traits I look for in other people. Because as important as loving yourself is, which is of course encouraged, there comes a point where praising yourself becomes less about being better than the past version of oneself and being better than others.

Humility helps control your emotions about yourself, but also builds your confidence while keeping it to yourself. Because if there is one thing better than being self-aware of your achievements and growing off of them, is having control over those feelings and being able to apply that to the improvement of yourself and not the applause of others. At the end of the day, you are your number one supporter. A great deal of control becomes evident when you are able to be humble and that is being able to have choices about your life that only you can change.