What's the difference between courage and humility?

Courage


Definition:

  • (n.) The heart; spirit; temper; disposition.
  • (n.) Heart; inclination; desire; will.
  • (n.) That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I know I have the courage to deal with all the sniping but you worry about the effects on your family."
  • (2) It also devalues the courage of real whistleblowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountable.” McCain added: “It is a sad, yet perhaps fitting commentary on President Obama’s failed national security policies that he would commute the sentence of an individual that endangered the lives of American troops, diplomats, and intelligence sources by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, a virulently anti-American organisation that was a tool of Russia’s recent interference in our elections.” WikiLeaks last year published emails hacked from the accounts of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s election campaign.
  • (3) He made me laugh and cry, and his courage in writing about what he was going through was sometimes quite overwhelming.
  • (4) Gin was popularised in the UK via British troops who were given the spirit as “Dutch courage” during the 30 years’ war.
  • (5) This was a courageous move in a society where women were confined to purdah.
  • (6) The woman said it took her until the mid-1990s to pluck up the courage to report the abuse to Jersey's children's services department – and that her allegations were not taken seriously enough.
  • (7) My hope is that those who are at the Games take these words and let them echo, with grace, courage and dignity, in whatever way they choose to, because it will make a difference to those participating, and to those watching.
  • (8) After Japanese troops invaded the Chinese city of Nanking (now Nanjing) in 1937, slaughtering tens of thousands of civilians, Hirohito said he was "deeply satisfied" by the troops' courage in quickly seizing the city.
  • (9) And with that courage, we can stand together for good jobs and just wages.
  • (10) Honest journalism and the courageous whistleblowers who denounce human rights violations or attempts against state sovereignty deserve to be protected.
  • (11) These inspiring and courageous women are up against a highly resourced state that looks after its own.
  • (12) Congratulating Mr Rabin and Mr Arafat on having the courage to change, a Clintonite speciality, he went on: 'Above all, let us dedicate ourselves to your region's next generation.
  • (13) Alicia deserves praise for courageously standing up to Trump’s attacks.
  • (14) In the Russian gallery, for example, the courageous Vadim Zakharov presents a pointed version of the Danaë myth in which an insouciant dictator (of whom it is hard not to think: Putin) sits on a high beam on a saddle, shelling nuts all day while gold coins rain down from a vast shower-head only to be hoisted in buckets by faceless thuggish men in suits.
  • (15) They’re losing fear and they’re gaining courage, especially from the military positions he’s taken.
  • (16) They had announced Thursday that "as a result of our public appeal for help, a courageous and compassionate individual came forward to provide the assistance needed to properly bury the deceased."
  • (17) Essential traits of this personality are an independent mind capable of liberating itself from dogmatic tenets universally accepted by the scientific community; the capacity and courage to look at things from a new angle; powers of combination, intuition and imagination; feu sacré and perseverance--in short, intellectual as well as moral qualities.
  • (18) Cubism as practised by Picasso and Braque they thought courageous, up to a point, but misguided.
  • (19) The doubts over what some see as Miliband's lack of presentational skills and "wonkiness" have, in part, been stilled by his flashes of courage and intuitive accord with the public mood – on Libor, on predatory capitalism, on Murdoch.
  • (20) It cannot be right that anyone who has found the courage to escape their abusive or violent partner should be subjected to the stress and torment of being confronted and interrogated by them in any court.” Research by charity Women’s Aid suggests a quarter of women in family court proceedings have been cross-examined by an abusive former partner.

Humility


Definition:

  • (n.) The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness.
  • (n.) An act of submission or courtesy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Humility means that you question your performance every time, that you are ready to put a shift in.
  • (2) Lt General Stephen Speakes applauded Greene for a “sense of self, a sense of humility” and an exemplary work ethic, according to an account of the promotion ceremony published by the Times Union of Albany, New York, which called Greene an Albany native.
  • (3) In an interview in the Daily Telegraph today, the chancellor, Alistair Darling, said ministers ought to show "humility" for the mistakes that were made in relation to City regulation in the decade leading up to the recession.
  • (4) It is hard to explain the significance of the man to those who may not have been born at the time or informed of the freedom struggle, or born witness to his dignity, pride, humility and moral authority, but I and so many others revered him as a father and cherished his existence as a living secular saint.
  • (5) If the bank is wise, it will listen and show both humility and clear evidence of what it plans to change – and those changes, like its fines, should be big.
  • (6) But although it has been fashionable to describe the radical child psychiatrist as liberal, flexible, non-committed and open, true radicalism in chid psychiatry would be signalled by a return to structure, by careful and circumscribed clinical activity and by a proper measure of humility.
  • (7) He is convinced that the legends’ sporting training has imbued them with values such as humility, discipline and the tenacity to succeed.
  • (8) Work, courage, politeness, humility, honesty and self-transcendence were for him the fundamental pillars of his personality,” Michael said.
  • (9) The Trump team should project an aura of humility,” the newspaper advised in an editorial .
  • (10) To be a writer is largely a journey into humility, to be defeated by ever greater things, so this isn’t something you come to expect.
  • (11) He's got a fantastic humility about him, for all that he's achieved."
  • (12) I realised by working with them that a squad is guided with humility, intelligence and infinite patience.” Del Piero officially hung up his boots after a brief stint in the inaugural Indian Super League with Delhi Dynamos, calling it a day at the end of the 2014 season.
  • (13) Keeping his dignity despite a very public and protracted public humilation.
  • (14) He was offended by their lack of humility and once wrote.
  • (15) We must accept that and approach that with great humility.
  • (16) His humility, his advice and his generosity both on and off the stage come out in his music and that’s why he was so beloved.
  • (17) There is a humility in seeing, as Rick did in Casablanca, that the problems of a few “little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world”.
  • (18) Rudisha’s respect for his talent is a feature of the humility he sees as his defining characteristic.
  • (19) He doesn't do humility and nor do his organisations.
  • (20) Yes, of course it is, but a bit of humility amongst politicians never goes amiss.