Quotes About Modesty

if you shall seem to some to be a person of importance, distrust yourself.

If you are praised by others, be skeptical of yourself.

The true basis for being respected is to appear refined and modest.

If you are praised by others, be skeptical of yourself. For it is no easy feat to hold onto your inner harmony while collecting accolades.

Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus, at an entertainment, don't talk how persons ought to eat, but eat as you ought.

Do not laugh loudly and obnoxiously.

Avoid talking often and excessively about your accomplishments and dangers, for however much you enjoy recounting your dangers, it's not so pleasant for others to hear about your affairs.

If you are praised by others, be skeptical of yourself. For it is no easy feat to hold onto your inner harmony while collecting accolades. When grasping for one, you are likely to drop the other.

Too little of it is no better than too much

Humility pays.

The truth is rarely buried; it is merely lying in wait behind veils of modesty, pain, or indifference; the one necessary prerequisite is a passionate desire to lift the veils.

Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.

Confidence in one's abilities and knowledge, when warranted, is far preferable to false modesty. But humility is not modesty, false or otherwise. Humility is the simple recognition that you don't have all the answers, and you certainly don't have a crystal ball. Research shows that when leaders express humility, teams engage in more learning behavior.

When I was growing up, in our house nudity was defined as the period of time between the shower and your towel.

You don't have to be half-naked to be successful. Just be talented.

I don't think I'm such an amazing person who needs to be written about.

Modesty and unselfishness--these are the virtues which men praise--and pass by.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are virtues which men praise - and pass by.

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The only thing you must keep from them is the fact that what we are aiming at is virtual global hegemony, McCaine had warned him. Be modest.

Never let your ego get in the way of a good thing.

There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine, my girl's, my mom's. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we're very modest. But that's not greedy. That's nice, right?

I don't particularly like attention. I like to do things on my own. I like to dress myself. People always ask that at shoots: 'Do you want any help?' That's the weirdest question.