Quotes About Modesty

My style is edgy but really put together. I'm not the kind of girl to walk out of the house in booty shorts and a crop top and Converse. I don't like that look.

You can be covered and be very sexy. It's not what you show; it's what you have in mind, the way you cross your legs, the way you talk to people.

When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head.

I'm not an exhibitionist; I don't have a compulsion to share the ins and outs of my daily life with a public audience.

I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer.

I've never said I was the best dancer, and I never said I was a good dancer.

I am almost incredible at table football. It's nothing to be proud of.

What I'm bringing to the pop table is that I'm not pretentious.

I like to sneak in under the radar. I don't have any paparazzi following me or have to deal with that stuff. I'm never in the tabloids. I prefer that.

I'm not a tacky person, I think.

Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.

Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things.

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

I may be the most recognizable name in the cast, but I can guarantee that I am not the most talented.

I don't want to talk about myself, that's for other people to say, so I'm not saying I was so talented.

I am certainly not the most talented player in the world; there's many a more talented player than me.

I can't stand on a podium and beat my chest saying I'm the best. I just think I've been the luckiest of all. Yes, I'm talented. The movies that I've chosen and the way they've fared have also helped. I've always done films I would love to watch. I have stayed away from films which I thought were depressing.

I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

I don't have any special skills or any hidden talents. I don't.

Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.