Quotes About Modesty

It is awkward to listen to oneself being praised, and I was always a shy man.

I guess anyone with a beautiful body, man or woman, loves to be looked at, but to admit such a thing is a little rough at times. That's why it's hard to get people to pose.

What is chastity? How shall a man know if he is chaste? He shall not know it. We have heard of this virtue, but we know not what it is.

Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon.

Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.

A shamefaced man makes a bad beggar.

I'm a little sheepish about it. Whenever I meet fans and they're like, 'Oh, you're so sexy,' I just don't get that. There's no way one man can be universally sexy.

It is a little learning, and but a little, which makes men conclude hastily. Experience and humility teach modesty and fear.

I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and don't make a big deal out of it. Just try to help people as much as you can.

It does not require money to be neat, clean and dignified.

Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity. Remember it's the you inside that counts.

I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect.

I am not a person who pursues luxury. I am not like those people who, once they have money, compulsively squander it or show it off.

If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.

I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.

I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with no money. I was taught not to take anything for granted. If you are too busy being a diva or a freak, then you are not enjoying it.

I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato.

It just doesnt mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I just want enough to live on, and to be able to get on with what I do, and hang around my friends.

You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.

I don't talk about money.

I kept my clothes on. I borrowed money.