Quotes About Modesty

Men escape from female sexual demands into androgyny or transvestism - women hide from male demands in modesty or sorcery.

All those who prefer peace to power, and happiness to glory should thank the colonized people for their civilizing mission. By liberating themselves, they made Europeans more modest, less racist, and more human. Let us hope that the process continues and that the Americans are obliged to follow the same course. When one's own cause is unjust, defeat can be liberating.

Gute Erziehung besteht darin, dass man verbirgt, wieviel man von sich selber hält und wie wenig von den anderen.

resolví no ligarme a nadie sino conservar mi independencia sacando partido de mis conocimientos, cuyo valor comenzaba a conocer al fin y que hasta entonces había juzgado con harta modestia.

The red carpet is not something I really know how to work. It intimidates me. I feel very tiny.

Grandiosity lessens as work proceeds.

The magnificently humble. The enormously small. The meaningfully ridiculous. Robert Walser's work often reads like a dazzling answer to the question, How immense can modesty be?

I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats.

The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.

Know more than other. Work more than other. Expect less than other

There are far more talented people doing voice work than I.

I do not know how much my own work has achieved, and I must not pretend it has done more than it has.

My modus operandi has always been understatement and that just doesn't really work in pop.

Let us be content to work To do the things we can, and not presume To fret because it's little.

Christian sisters should not at any time dress extravagantly, but at all times dress as neat, modest, and healthful, as their work will allow.

It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.

It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work.

In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we're doing anonymously.

I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'

My strength is my humility. When you are humble, people like you.

It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like it's anything that I've done. For me to say, 'Well, it's because of this, this and that is why I've been able to play,' it's just a lie. I couldn't tell you why.

I try to take everything in my stride and remain humble, and to enjoy playing as much as possible.

I've been taking it in stride, man. I'm not the kind of person who goes around bragging to everybody, 'I did a song with Lady Gaga!'

It's not my style to either wear minimum clothes, to strip, or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to do good work instead of sporting such meaningless tags. Sex sells, but to a small extent, not always. And this is what filmmakers have to accept.