Humility

determination for sports. That is when his true talent shined, his inhuman abilities in high school made the number one in those sports look like plebeians. This would make Vincent Jackson a epic hero because of his great strength, national heroism, and humility.…

extremely important trait that Socrates demonstrates by speaking these lines. Humility is nowhere to be found in the characteristics of these great advisors who are putting Socrates on trial. This is a very important lesson to me for a number of reasons, including the simple lesson of being humble and knowing that the high and mighty people in this world may not actually be as prestigious as we make them out to be. I view humility as an essential trait for success and a happy life. Socrates…

plays to depict the theme, however, Henry V is one of the obvious plays that this is true of. Shakespeare communicates that humility is integral to a righteous leader through the use of the Dauphin as a foil to Henry in Henry V. The way that Henry and the prince of France interact with the men beneath them shows the quality of their leadership skills. The effect of Henry’s humility on his men appears in the interaction with Erpingham when the old man comments “this lodging likes me better /…

should reflect Christ, what we do should be like him and that we are not equal to him. These verses also portray the message that we should know the Lord is Jesus and we should worship and follow him because Christ displayed continually his selfish humility. Philippians 2:5 states “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus,” and 2:11 states “and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord” which directly tells us our attitude should reflect Christ and that we need to recognize…

bribes and being untrustworthy (231). Teiresias’ advice is the last form of divine intervention before Creon makes the choice to reject Teiresias’ ideas and follow his own advice. Through Teiresias’ voice, Sophocles reminds the audience how important humility is because “[n]o pride on earth is free of the curse of heaven.” (215). Sophocles suggests that suggest that the place of humans should always be in service to the gods instead of a…

self – reflect so that we can build awareness around our purpose as leaders. It’s important that with value-based leadership, we learn to collaborate with others in order to help people achieve their best. As leaders it is our obligation to show humility and gratitude. In the book, From Values To Action, Harry Kraemer is able to unpack this idea of authentic leadership and how as leaders it well within our right not to know everything and its okay to be comfortable with that as long as we know…

In the words of Bob Riley, “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed”. The acts of perseverance, courage and humility are the details that differ heroes from the rest of world. Like white paint against a dark and rough background, these attributes cause heroes to stand out, differing from the rest. Heroes’ actions speak loud and bold with determination to complete the task. Everyone plans to make a difference in the world, but only the…

Coach of them All” by Seth Davis, we learn that John Wooden wrote books about his coaching and he has taught many life lessons to incoming generations in today’s society through his outstanding leadership. Ultimately, John Wooden possesses acts of humility, determination, and staying focused, which have helped him…

Many of the poems from the Tao Te Ching and the Hua Hu Jing touch on the practice of wuwei. There can actually be examples of all three, humility, compassion and frugality found with in some of them. A lot of these concepts can come across as deep and cryptic, but when you get down to it and begin to understand them and break them down, they can be summed up to the three basic teachings stated above. Chapter two of the Tao Te Ching is among the chapters that stood out to me the most. I found…

The purpose of this section of the book of Philippians was to serve as a model to the church at Philippi with absolute humility. All of God’s creations are called to become servants like Christ. This is done through having the mindset of Christ. The intent of Christ’s humility was in hopes to decrease strife amongst his believers and look to each other instead, as seen in Philippians 2:1-4. The design of verses 5-11 follows in terms of Christ’s activity and God’s activity. The Father’s activity…