Quotes About Modesty

I wouldn't put myself on the same pedestal as Sarah Lancashire.

I do not think, like people say, that I am a guru or I know everything.

It's funny when people say you have sex appeal or call you the next Brad Pitt. I just laugh. I'm not that. I don't want to be that.

We aren't people who believe that just because we're performers our opinions on everything need to be known.

I don't go for holidays or celebrate my success because I know nothing is permanent. I don't let it get to me - like I am India's top director with too many hits. If that happens, I might lose the connect with my audience. The day I go wrong, they will run away from me. I want to be like an assistant director all my life.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Si monsieur votre père daigne éjaculer quelquefois dans votre petite bouche, acceptez cela les yeux baissés, et comme un grand honneur dont vous n'êtes pas digne. Surtout n'allez pas ensuite vous en vanter comme une sotte à l'oreille de votre maman.

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel. Piet Mondrian The Artist's Way A Spiritual Path to Greater Creativity by Julia Cameron

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.

It's chic to be shy.

Spintharus, speaking in commendation of Epaminondas, says he scarce ever met with any man who knew more and spoke less.

I am only a poor man, accustomed to small things and silence.

I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.

Make it simple, but honorable.

Self - praise is no recommendation

Don't talk too much, because your ignorance is greater than your knowledge.

The real hero doesn't say that he is one.

For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.

Well thank you, Trudi," Now falsely modest again. "But I Don't think I won the scene." "Well, of course, you did," dismissing his protest. "You had all the dialogue but," she warns him. "In our big scene tomorrow, that's another story. So watch out.

About women, Chanakya says that, as compared to men, their diet is twice as much, modesty is four times, courage is six times and desire for sex is eight times.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Vanity is not like a horse or an elephant requiring expensive fodder.