Quotes About Modesty

I'm actually totally the prude of my family.

My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility.

Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.

Being humble is cooler than being famous.

I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?

I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed to wear my hair down.

A true hero protects his identiy, not out of fear, but out of humility.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.

Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

Learn more than others, work more than others, but expect less than others.

Let us simply recall the wish to appear natural and forthcoming, the instinctive movement to conceal a secret lovers' meeting, a mixture of modesty and ostentation, the need to speak of what is so pleasant to ourselves and to show that we are loved, a partial understanding of what the other person already knows, or guesses, which, outrunning or falling short of his understanding, constantly over- or under-estimates it, the involuntary drive to take risks or to cut one's losses.

An artist, however modest, is always willing to hear himself preferred to his rivals, and tries only to see that justice is done them.

La capacidad de observar – ni siquiera de analizar – está muy mermada hoy en día, cuando todos quieren ser protagonistas.

Be modest and simple in your deportment, and treat with indifference whatever lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race; obey God.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.