Quotes About Modesty

I was on stage last night, and I gave a medical report about Donald Trump. I said he was hospitalized for an attack of modesty.

Even if my film does well, you will not see me blowing my own trumpet. There is no time to sit and dwell on whether it's done well or not done well.

I don't shout from the rooftops or blow my own trumpet. But I take a lot of satisfaction from the players and staff at clubs who recognise what I've done.

Sometimes I feel like you can toot your own trumpet too much. I don't really like that.

Trust me: if I had something interesting to say about myself, I would.

You don't want to see me dance. That's not a pretty thing. Trust me.

Don't worry, everyone - I'm not going to be just this silly little idiot who thinks he's 'it,' who has been to the Olympics, won a gold medal and come back thinking he's 'it.' That isn't me, trust me.

Humility is truth.

The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.

I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

Enjoyment and innocence are the most bashful things: both do not want to be sought.

Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.

It's important to hold something back, though, because quite frankly my personal life is pretty dull and I don't want to bore people with it.

Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.

In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.

When I played, I never needed the spotlight, nor did I want it. I simply wanted to play baseball and be respected by my teammates and the opposing players.

Ideally, the writer needs no audience other than the few who understand that it is immodest and greedy to want more.

I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that.

Wait, so am I allowed to put my shirt back on? Or did you want me to remove my pants, too?

A guy should be a guy. You don't want him to be too... shiny.

I'm pretty sure I would never do a full frontal in a movie - for personal reasons, I wouldn't really want to show that.

You could be as vulgar as you want, as long as three tiny spots were covered.

You might want to put some clothes on' suggested Jace 'I'm all for the bra and panties look, but you don't want the Silent Brothers to die of excitement