Quotes About Modesty

True humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing.

Most of what they call humility is successfully disguised arrogance.

Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

the way we always speak with modest words, we never use clear and urgent words, our words are gray, harmless, floating, and useless

Munch está muerto desde hace tiempo, como pintor, le sobrevive un viejecito limpio y modesto, que pinta malos cuadros y que tal vez ha encontrado la salud en la mediocridad.

Me, I just want to wear ordinary clothes and not stand out.

No true hero ever believes that they are one.

The best we can hope for is to be humble in our arrogance.

Important work often loses the spotlight to self-important people.

you're far from the greatest mind on Earth.

Dismiss perfection as an ache of the greedy, but do not give in to the mass modesty of easy imperfection.

he had outwitted me: praise was the only thing I couldn't handle

Eso es muy revelador —la miró, con una expresión pensativa—. Eres demasiado modesta, Cenicienta. Sabes, la gente te toma según la forma en que tú te valoras. Si te escondes en un rincón, piensa que debes ser muy aburrida, así que te ignoran.

It's been my experience that people who make proclamations about themselves are usually the opposite of what they claim to be. If someone truly is a loyal friend, then they wouldn't need to broadcast it; eventually, people will figure it out. Who talks about themselves like that? I have a lot of good friends and not one of them ever introduced themselves by saying, "I'm a very good friend.

Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

Somehow I found myself admiring the man for his lack of modesty. For what is modesty but inverted pride? We all think we are first-class people. Modesty forbids us from saying so ourselves though, presumably, not from wanting to hear it from others. Perhaps it was their impatience with this kind of hypocrisy that made men like Nanga successful politicians while starry-eyed idealists strove vaingloriously to bring into politics niceties and delicate refinements that belonged elsewhere.

Now, I'm not the kind of guy who likes to look in the mirror and say, 'Oh, you're the best.'

My mother's incredibly independent and she brought us up to be the same. She had five daughters and two sons and only allowed one mirror in the house because she didn't want us to be obsessed with our looks or weight.

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

I hate big models.

Grooming should be done in moderation.

Be moderate in everything, including moderation.

There is moderation even in excess.