"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
- Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:4-13

"Be humble in your confidence yet courageous in your character."
- Melanie Koulouris

"Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble."
- John Madden

"Humility is the Christian's greatest honor; and the higher men climb, the farther they are from heaven."
- Burder

"True humility--the basis of the Christian system--is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues."
- Edmund Burke

"Without humility there can be no humanity."
- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

"By humility and the fear of the Lord, are riches, and honour, and life."
- Holy Bible (KJV), Proverbs 22:4

"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."
- Holy Bible (KJV), Matthew 5:5

A person does need a healthy sense of self. But there is no need to be egotistical.

From the song 'Don't Need You To Tell Me I'm Pretty' by Samantha Mumba:

I don't need you to believe in me to make me know I'm worth believing in.
I don't need you to lift me up high to know I can stand tall.

I can stand my own ground,
I can stand proud upon my own two feet,
Don't have to be part of somebody else to be complete,
What I really need comes from deep inside of me.

Don't need you to tell me I'm pretty to make me feel beautiful,
Don't need you to make me strong 'cause I'm strong all on my own,
Doesn't come from outside this beauty I know,
Comes from inside my soul.
Don't need you to tell me I'm pretty.

http://youtu.be/OuCIcIQmBgU

 

"There's a fine line between calling positive attention to yourself at work and seeming like a braggart."
- Vivian Giang, How To Toot Your Own Horn At Work Without Seeming Obnoxious
http://www.businessinsider.com/toot-your-own-horn-without-seeming-arrogant-2013-8

"We never could clearly understand how it is that egotism, so unpopular in conversation, should be so popular in writing."
- Thomas Babington Macaulay

Personal bios usually require some self promotion. What would you write in your bio?

Interesting article by Jonathan Rick:
The Art Of Writing Your Own Bio: How To Toot Your Horn Without Sounding Like A Blowhard
http://www.fastcompany.com/3007103/art-writing-your-own-bio-how-toot-your-horn-without-sounding-blowhard

"'He that humbleth himself shall be exalted.' This great law of the kingdom of God is, in the teaching of Christ, inscribed over its entrance-gate."
- Sir Thomas Browne

"The true way to be humble is not to stoop till you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that shall show you what the real smallness of your greatest greatness is."
- Phillips Brooks

"Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life."
- George Arliss

"Humility leads to the highest distinction, because it leads to self-improvement."
- Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie

"The humble soul is like the violet, which grows low, hangs the head downward, and hides itself with its own leaves."
- Fredrika Bremer

"Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue."
- St. John Chrysostom

"Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues."
- Confucius

"He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility."
- Charles Caleb Colton