Quotes About Modesty

I don't think I'm such an amazing person who needs to be written about.

As for being the best goalkeeper in the world, it's been written occasionally, but I'd never say it myself.

My life is very simple, it is not worth being written into a biography, for that 'masala' is required.

I don't want to be that guy that's either arrogant or rubs people the wrong way.

Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose.

I am not a multimillionaire. I don't own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple.

I don't night-club, don't get into fights or scandals, don't own a yacht, don't play the horses, don't wear plaid overcoats, don't go to Hollywood parties, don't own a motorcycle, don't run back and forth to New York, don't go in for politics.

I'm never going to be one of these players who dribbles past three and bends it into the top corner from 25 yards. That's not me.

No tummy showing, no cleavage, no leg show - those were the rules laid down by my folks! But yeah, I am the original thong girl in India.

Yeah I guess I don't want to end up being one of those stories where the guy ends up spending more than he has and owes money to the IRS and stuff like that. I just want to be able to take care of my family and live modestly.

I'd be pretty saddened to hear anyone say, 'Yeah, listen to this... God, I'm awesome, the way this all sits together,' about their own work.

Even if I'll be an All Star or Rookie of The Year, I will always be humble Giannis.

People are saying I am against the chador. I am not. On the contrary. I am for traditional family values.

I don't know how smart I am. I just try to be what I am. I hope I'm modest. I think that's a desirable trait.

We know that no algorithm can solve global poverty; no pill can cure a chronic illness; no box of chocolates can mend a broken relationship; no educational DVD can transform a child into a baby Einstein; no drone strike can end a terrorist conflict. Sadly, there is no such thing as 'One Tip to a Flat Stomach.'

I am likely to be wiser than he to this small, extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

Silence is an ornament for women.

Being brave in front of faith does not mean to be humble before death.

The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues: hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

To guard oneself from presumption.

Gratitude is a rare frame of mind; and those who are grateful can seldom find a way to express what they feel. They are overwhelmed by silence; are shamefaced; and, sometimes, actually try to hide their feelings.

To be free of vanity or pride, these perhaps the gravest of all indulgences.