Quotes About Modesty

I guess I don't take compliments well.

I'm not great at taking compliments because I always find the thing I could do better.

I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.

I want to say, embrace your sexuality, own it, be confident, but you don't have to show everything. Respect yourself, and make others respect you.

Don't confuse confidence with cockiness. I really believe that.

I have a clear conscience and never let success get to my head. You know that when you achieve something, you can change the way you are very easily.

I'm not very eccentric. I wear more conservative clothes, though I do like mini-skirts.

The key to survival is that when times are good you don't forget where you came from and you don't build crazy overhead just because you can. You live like you are going out of business every day and it makes you healthy.

In the fall of 1973, Erica Jong assaulted the last surviving bastions of old-fashioned modesty with her 'Fear of Flying.'

I'm not really a swagger guy.

I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have some swagger, I'm gonna have some cockiness.

I never feel like I've done anything. Swear to God. I'm not kidding. So it's always a surprise when somebody asks me to do anything.

In Sweden, you're not supposed to think you are someone.

In Sweden it's not allowed to say good things about yourself.

We didn't have a lot of money growing up, so my mom didn't buy a lot of extras, like sweet things.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

I can swim I'm not bad, but not great.

Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.

I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.

I would always rather do something in moderation than simply swing from one extreme to another.

I don't think I ever had a swollen head: I remember where I come from.

I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.

The hijab is a symbol that we wear on our heads, but I want people to know that it is my choice. I'm doing it because I want to do it. I wanted people to see that you could still be really cute and modest at the same time.

It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.