Quotes About Modesty

Said He, whoever exalts himself, shall be humbled, and he who is humbled shall become exalted.

self-abnegation

I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.

When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence.

When a person is young he writes because it seems to him he has discovered a new almighty truth which he must make haste to impart to forlorn humankind. Later, becoming more modest, he begins to doubt his truths: and then he tries to convince himself. A few more years go by, and he knows he was mistaken all round, so there is no need to convince himself. Nevertheless he continues to write, because he is not fit for any other work, and to be accounted a superfluous person is so horrible.

Conservatism is primarily based on a proper recognition of human limitations, and cannot be argued in a spirit of self-glorifying logic.

Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.

I come from an extremely modest background. So now I have way more than what I'm used to.

I have a utilitarian approach to dressing; as long as I quite like it and it covers me up, I don't care what it is.

I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.

We were not rich. We did not go to the Cote d'Azur or skiing. Our only vacation was to the North Sea. I had to pay for my bicycle every month, but we always had food.

Now I'm having to live with sales of around 50,000 per album - but I'm pretty content with my place in the general scheme of things, even if it's meant I don't drive a fancy car and can't afford grand vacations.

Oh, I've never gone off into that 'the room's not the right temperature, take this tea back' stuff. I still scrub my own toilet and vacuum the carpet, and I have to be able to push my trolley around Morrisons and do my shopping.

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

I grew up in South Jamaica, Queens, in New York. My parents were very religious churchgoing people. They were very strict. I was never really allowed to indulge in anything vain. Modesty always. I have three brothers and two sisters, so everything was on a budget.

I'm the least vain person I know. I literally get out the shower, throw a brush through my hair, put jeans and a T-shirt on and head to the Tube and go to work most mornings. It takes seconds.

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.

I have never been vain. I don't take myself seriously. I don't consider myself sexy or good-looking.

I don't get self-conscious. I'm not vain in that way.

I'm happy to report you still get nothing you don't need at Motel 6, and, therefore, you don't have to pay for it. I don't need valet parking. If I can drive the old crate 300 miles to the hotel all by myself, I can certainly handle the last nine feet to the parking space.

Many of the girls wear simple dresses to church. We do not make a point of 'dressing up,' nor do we study one another to see what is being worn. Nor does God. It's our hearts He views as we enter the doors to His church. Not our clothing.