Quotes About Modesty

The amount of time she had at her disposal made it difficult for her to be late for anything, even for her own breakfast. And she suspected that even if she were to waste time she would still find a way to be entirely punctual, to the intense annoyance of those who had never mastered the art. For it was an art, less to do with courtesy than with modesty. Only grander personalities could afford to assume that others would wait.

I'm not - I'm not a person looking for money. I have no political ambitions whatsoever. I don't seek power. I don't seek any kind of praise. I have no ego to fulfill.

I don't feel the need to be in the spotlight whatsoever.

As big as my ego may be, I'm really not of the belief that I can't be replaced. I didn't invent the wheel. There's someone else out there who can do what I do, maybe a little differently. I believe that Kiss is bigger than its individual members.

I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.

I come from a background where you don't show off the good things you do. It's modesty.

In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.

Boys are quite often whimsical. Whereas girls are modest by nature and know their responsibilities very well. Their weapons are service, sacrifice, and love, by which they conquer over the males.

My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn't want to draw attention to herself.

I like simple styles like a white t-shirt and jeans.

I feel like my style's always been influenced by 'less is more.' The coolest styles are kind of simple and classic, like a white T-shirt and jeans. Maybe you have a cool belt and cool shoes, but everything else you keep simple.

I wear white or pale-blue shirts and black knit ties: They don't draw attention to me in any kind of peacockish way.

I will never fall prey to celebrity because I am too busy. I have other things to do than look at myself in the mirror.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.

If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down.

Oh Lord... I don't really do pride.

I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

I'm very appreciative and humbled by the success of 'Prison Break.'

I want to maintain the privacy and remain low-profile.