Quotes About Modesty

If today I have been able to sell myself, it's because I agreed to shed my clothes and my inhibitions. And the more clothes I take off, the greater the number of people who come to see my films.

I certainly would not call myself creative. There are other coaches who are innovative and everything else. I wouldn't be that guy, that's for sure.

I'm not the guy who bursts into the room. I'm the most insecure person you'll meet if you get to know me.

My job as a designer is done when my clothes inspire freedom in Muslim women to adopt fashion the way they desire.

I feel like girls should dress down a little bit on the holidays, even though the instinct is to get really dressed up.

A certain degree of intellectual humility is a good thing.

I've never professed to be an intellectual. I don't try to be.

I am not too intelligent.

I'd rather speak less because I don't consider myself a very intelligent person.

I may not raise my voice a lot, I may not be very flashy, but I like to interact with people.

I'm not a very good interview, usually.

Let the gods speak softly of us

Her tears were not for public consumption, she used to say. (216)

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.

The more modest and impractical the kitchen, the more likely one will be invited to stay for a meal. Show me a fancy house with a top-of-the-line gourmet kitchen, and I'll show you a family that eats out a lot.

People, nearly all of them, don't know how to worry about others without being presumptuous, with finesse, with modesty. They think they know. My sister thought she knew. Knew the human race. . . . Knowledge doesn't know. But that's something few understand.

People, nearly all of them, don't know how to worry about others without being presumptuous, with finesse, with modesty. They think they know.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Some people have a warped idea of living the Christian life. Seeing talented, successful Christians, they attempt to imitate them. For them, the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener. But when they discover that their own gifts are different or their contributions are more modest (or even invisible), they collapse in discouragement and overlook genuine opportunities that are open to them. They have forgotten that they are here to serve Christ, not themselves.

Tamaki: A girl should only show skin once she's married, not before!!!

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.