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Quotes About Modesty

There is nothing more difficult than simplicity,' Madame
~ Kathleen Tessaro
Jim stuck his head out of the rodie. "I'm not going to do this out in the open where anyone can see me!. That's unnatural!
~ Katie MacAlister
To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.
~ Keith Richards
If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?
~ Keith Richards
It's funny when people say you have sex appeal or call you the next Brad Pitt. I just laugh. I'm not that. I don't want to be that.
~ Kellan Lutz
A man who truly knows himself realizes his own worthlessness, and takes no pleasure in the praises of men.
~ Kempis 1380-1471 Thomas
So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance.
~ Kenneth H. Cooper
He who is full of faith and modesty, who shrinks from sin, and is full of learning, who is diligent, unremiss, and full of understanding?he, being replete with these seven things, is esteemed a wise man.
~ Burmese Proverb
Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!
~ C. JoyBell
I do not forget that my voice is but one voice, my experience a mere drop in the sea, my knowledge no greater than the visual field in a microscope, my mind's eye a mirror that reflects a small concern of the world, and my ideas - a subjective confession.
~ C.G. Jung
Their plans were circumspect and small-time. They weren't dreaming of taking over the world.
~ Cal newport
I so much despise a man who blows his own horn, that I go to the other extreme.
~ Candice Millard
Yep, that's me. I know. I know. You're humbled I'm here, feel like throwing rose petals at my feet, blah, blah, blah. No need, though. Just try and think of me as a normal guy -William
~ Gena Showalter
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you (Rom. 12:3). Paul's
~ Gene A. Getz
By cutting off pride and arrogance, He has acquired such a glorious body.
~ Gene Reeves
I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.
~ Gene Simmons
The world has no place for those who are proud.
~ Genius Omuzira
Those who have tried meekness know the importance of being important.
~ George Ade
Lo! at his throne the silent nymph appears, Frail by her shape, but modest in her tears; And while she stands abash'd, with conscious eye, Some favourite female of her judge glides by, Who views with scornful glance the strumpet's fate, And thanks the stars that made her keeper great:
~ George Crabbe
Such hubris, Marshal." "I detest false modesty.
~ Ilona Andrews
I'm being accused of modesty, a horrible and thoroughly unnatural crime.
~ Isaac Asimov
I grow grandiose, which is a good sign I should become prosaic.
~ Isaac Asimov
No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth...
~ Isaac Asimov
Você sabe que o pudor é somente o outro lado da lascívia.
~ Isaac Asimov