"Humility is the worst form of conceit...." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.”

“We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.”

“Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.”

“Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.”

“I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.”

“I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'”

“Humility is often merely feigned submissiveness assumed in order to subject others, an artifice of pride which stoops to conquer, and although pride has a thousand ways of transforming itself it is never so well disguised and able to take people in as when masquerading as humility.”

“In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history; for, even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.”

“One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud.”