Self deprecation Quotes

“I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men.”

“There is power born of humility . . . Humility, in business and in life, is a powerful asset and does not denote lowliness, unimportance, or self-deprecation.”

“Had God kept from being made those who through His goodness were to have existence, but who by their own choice were to become evil, then evil would have prevailed over the goodness of God. Thus, all things which God makes He makes good, but each one becomes good or evil by his own choice. So, even if the Lord did say: 'It were better for him if that man had not been born,' He did not say so in deprecation of His own creature, but in deprecation of that creature's choice and rashness.”

“Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating”

“Never deprecate another person's sufferings even when imaginary.”

“I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.”

“One’s self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find deprecated.”

“Self-deprecation is the appropriate response of any new convert, as he matches his stained soul against the purity of God.”

“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”

“These is nothing divine about deprecating your gifts and talents or diminishing their worth in any way. Shining is sharing an abundance with us all.”