"To put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Humility, Arrogance, Fame, Ignorance

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"The most secretive news that can make you to shake hands with great people is humility. Pride on the other way is a dream killer."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Humility, Success, Criticism, Achievement

"Do not try to prove that you are the most important person or that you are the lord's anointed."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Humility, Service, Identity, Faith

"Do not seek popularity or self-affirmation; just show people God's love and mercy, and help them to prosper and succeed. Simply serve God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Humility, Service, Love, God

"They may hail you like an Angel. They may claim you are the world's prince of princes. They may lift you with praise many kilometers above sea level. They may say you are the best of the bests. ....But always remember "you are a human being" with flesh and blood."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Humility, Praise, Success, Leadership

"The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Humility, Learning, Improvement, Secrets

"It does not pay away a penny from you to say "am sorry", "I won't do that again"! It does not take away your integrity to appreciate the very little that you have obtained from someone, even if it's not much! True humility speaks "little is enough if God is in it."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Humility, Integrity, Appreciation, Success

"If a person starts neglecting the blessings of God and takes all God has given him as his own, then pride is inevitable."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Humility, Pride, Blessings, God, Gratitude

"Religious traditions and selfish agenda are laid aside when we are poor in spirit."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Humility, Tradition, Faith, Spirituality

"Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Humility, Wisdom, Power, Truth, Today

"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Humility, Empathy, Nobility, Perspective

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"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

Emotion

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

Parenting

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

Health

"Some people love but will never marry each other. Some are married to but have never loved and will never love each other."

Love

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

Society

"A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date."

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"The most secretive news that can make you to shake hands with great people is humility. Pride on the other way is a dream killer."

"Do not try to prove that you are the most important person or that you are the lord's anointed."

"Do not seek popularity or self-affirmation; just show people God's love and mercy, and help them to prosper and succeed. Simply serve God."

"They may hail you like an Angel. They may claim you are the world's prince of princes. They may lift you with praise many kilometers above sea level. They may say you are the best of the bests. ....But always remember "you are a human being" with flesh and blood."

"The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret."

"It does not pay away a penny from you to say "am sorry", "I won't do that again"! It does not take away your integrity to appreciate the very little that you have obtained from someone, even if it's not much! True humility speaks "little is enough if God is in it."

"If a person starts neglecting the blessings of God and takes all God has given him as his own, then pride is inevitable."

"Religious traditions and selfish agenda are laid aside when we are poor in spirit."

"Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect."

"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."

Explore more quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

"Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate."

"A tie is what you get after ice cubes have wrestled with hot water."

"You can only be twice someone's age once."

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

"Some people love but will never marry each other. Some are married to but have never loved and will never love each other."

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

"A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date."