Humility is when your subordinates cover your @ss for a stupid mistake you made and when you try to thank them, they just smile and say "You would have done it for us."
When is it necessary? Pretty much always. Keeps everybody trustworthy.
When is it not? When you're running for office.
2006-12-14 08:42:10
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answer #1
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answered by Voodoid 7
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If we agree that there's a difference between being humble and being a doormat, I think humility is always necessary.
2006-12-14 21:51:28
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answered by Habt our quell 4
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It's always necessary.
"The humble person is he who makes a realistic assessment of who he is and puts that unillusioned judgment into practice. He does not judge himself to be smaller or larger than he really is. In so doing he avoids despair as well as pride. Consequently, the humble person enjoys the freedom to be who he is. He is not troubled by accidentals, such as reputation, self-interest, or failure. He takes joy in the importance or excellence of what is done rather than in the incidental fact that he happened to be the one who did it. As for illusions, which often consume huge amounts of time and energy, he has none to defend. He is not troubled by feeling obliged to defend an imaginary self to people who do not know who he really is. Nor does he expect others to be who they are not. He has no concern for trading in unrealities. He is not a candidate for being victimized by self-pity. He is not likely to be saddened by not being who he cannot be. Because of the priceless freedom to be who a person truly is, Thomas Merton can say that “the beginning of humility is the beginning of blessedness and the consummation of humility is the perfection of all joy.5 For Confucius, “Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues.”
Einstein was humble:
"The great mathematician-physicist Albert Einstein confessed that he was troubled by the adulation he received. He felt it was grossly disproportionate to his own more humble and realistic estimate of himself. “There are plenty of the well-endowed, thank God”, wrote the author of the theory of relativity. “It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque.”
ANd if HE was, Lord knows we should ALL be.
2006-12-14 16:48:32
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answered by johnslat 7
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Only when you need to admit your wrong or have lost (or at least swallow your pride when things get out of your hands).
When you are right, don't give in if it doesn't have some horrible effect by doing so. Just hold strong and back your view. But along with that people have to remember that they can't do this without trying to see it from the opposing view as well ("put yourself in their shoes")
2006-12-14 16:43:23
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answered by Somebody Real 3
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hmm... I think it is when you do not shove the things you are proud of in other peoples faces. It is normal to be proud of accomplishments, but instead of saying Oh look at ME!! celebrate quietly. It is necessary when: from the day you were born to the day you die.
2006-12-14 16:44:00
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answer #5
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answered by hj 3
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hu·mil·i·ty [ hyoo mÃll i tee ]
noun
Definition:
modesty or respectfulness: the quality of being modest or respectful
2006-12-14 16:54:26
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answered by Muffin Princess 1
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