Govern the desires for honor, glory, and esteem.
Humility is the moral virtue that moderates the desire for honor and inclines us to recognize our own worth in its true light. The habit of humility restrains us from pursuing honors that are unfitting or unattainable without falling into excessive self-deprecation. The virtues of humility and magnanimity are both required to pursue greatness properly: where magnanimity enables us to overcome the difficulties that are inherent in noble action, humility prevents us from desiring greatness inordinately.
For Grades K-2:
The virtue of humility gives us the ability to see ourselves clearly and honestly — neither thinking too highly of ourselves nor thinking too little of ourselves.
For Grades 3-6:
The virtue of humility gives us the ability to recognize our own worth in its true light. Humility restrains from pursuing honors or greatness that are unfitting or beyond us, without falling into the opposite error of belittling ourselves.
And all the men and women merely players...
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
They all were looking for a king...
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
Down in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew...
