Quotes About Modesty

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed.

When asked if he was better than Morphy, Steinitz, and Capablanca, Fischer responded, Well, I don't like to put things like that in print, it sounds so egotistical. But to answer your question, Yes."- Ginzburg interview, Harper's Magazine 1962

Perhaps elements like tenacity and humility combine to form a heroic compound.

Style is what happens when simplicity is achieved.

Pride would be a lot easier to swallow if it didn't taste so bad.

I never had much schooling and I don't know that the lack of it hurt me none," Nate said. "I always managed to get by...on my charm and good looks." He smiled. "and my expert pool playing." "You forgot to mention your humble nature." "Modesty prevented it.

But, alas, that was crap. She'd been had by a con man—simple as that. His modesty had been a way to cover up his true self. Call it instinct or women's intuition or going with your gut—whenever Wendy had done that, she had been wrong. "I

Las personas que están en sus cabales no se enorgullecen de sus talentos

People in their right minds never take pride in their talents

Pametni ljudi nikad se ne ponose svojom darovitoš?u.

akl? ba??nda hiç kimse yeteneÄŸi var diye gururlanmaz.

People in their right minds never take pride in their talents,' said Miss Maudie.

Chi ha una mente saggia non si inorgoglisce delle proprie doti

As pessoas que estão no seu perfeito juízo nunca se orgulham dos seus talentos.

Tidak selalu perlu menunjukkan semua yang kita ketahui. Itu bukan sikap perempuan terhormat. Kedua, orang tak suka kalau ada orang lain yang lebih tahu dari mereka. Itu membuat mereka sebal.

Las personas sensatas no se enorgullecen de sus talentos.

Orang yang berakal sehat tak pernah berbangga dengan bakatnya. Miss Maudie

Con ng??i có ??u óc sáng su?t thì không bao gi? tá»± hào v? tài n?ng c?a mình

Two other slave women peer around a sheet, apparently hung for modesty's sake, in a childlike display of curiosity. This innocuous tableau could hardly differ more from the gruesome reality in which each surgical scene was a violent struggle between the slaves and physicians and each woman's body was a bloodied battleground.

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

It's pretty thin, the wall separating healthy confidence and unhealthy Pride.

I don't want to overestimate myself. Basically I've been lucky. I'm simply a polite, lucky man. That might be the best way to think of it.

Call me old-fashioned, but I did read in Glamour that one's shorts should always be longer than one's vagina.

The smallness of the soap