Modesty often poses as humility, but, unlike true humility, is skin-deep and external rather than deep and internal. At best, modesty is no more than good manners.

Modesty can be an act, not a consistent or genuine trait. It may be superficial, while humility is deeply ingrained in one's persona-more intrinsic and sincere.

Getting Closer to Others Humility allows us to get closer to others because we let go of the pretense presented by false modesty and arrogance. We show up closer to who we are.

In my own 20-plus years of experience, I've seen firsthand why modesty is a powerful business attribute. Here are six ways to be a more humble leader because, in my opinion, humble bosses are the ...

Unfortunately, whereas my shameless selfpromotion wasn’t emulated, students expressed undue real modesty. When it comes to humility, I prefer Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, in which he presents the ...

Where once politics attracted people with a strong public-service ethic and traditional virtues of modesty and humility, now it rewards leaders and activists—on both the left and right—who are ...

A common synonym of humility is the word modesty, which I believe echoes the driving traits of humility and showing reserve and decency that do not enable pretentiousness to cloud your actions.