Quotes About Modesty

I'm not fond of biographies. I don't like writing about myself.

I lead a simple lifestyle but that doesn't mean I am a foolish simpleton!

I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.

Perhaps the biggest lesson that I would say is the one to learn is not to let fame and fortune get inside your head.

Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime.

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

I have been told I say 'shucks' quite frequently... Shucks, I'll have to work on that.

I'm a practitioner of elegant frugality. I don't feel comfortable telling other people what to do, so I just try and lead by example.

If I go to a party, I'm not one to be the funniest person in the room at all.

No sean egoístas; no traten de impresionar a nadie. Sean humildes, es decir, considerando a los demás como mejores que ustedes. FILIPENSES 2:3

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

You have to give yourself credit, not too much because that would be bragging.

SkromnosÃ…Â¥ sa tradi?ne považovala za cnosÃ…Â¥ a z dobrých dôvodov. Musíme si svoju skromnosÃ…Â¥ chrániÃ…Â¥, pretože ona nás zasa chráni pred nami samými.

Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues.

nothing more than his favorite image of himself. The mirror in my room in the Windsor Hotel in Paris reflected my favorite image of me—a darkly handsome young airline pilot, smooth-skinned, bull-shouldered and immaculately groomed. Modesty is not one of my virtues.

nothing more than his favorite image of himself. The mirror in my room in the Windsor Hotel in Paris reflected my favorite image of me—a darkly handsome young airline pilot, smooth-skinned, bull-shouldered and immaculately groomed. Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues.

And it really was kind of the moon to shine on me, too, and out of modesty I was about to place myself under the arch of the tower bridge when it occurred to me that the moon, of course, shone on everything. So I happily spread out my arms in order fully to enjoy the moon.

shyness, modesty, anxiousness are considered noble and good, because they offer little resistance to one's own expansive impulses)

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.

Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth.

When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.

I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.

My mother's from Thailand, and they're very strict about girls in bikinis, but I would love to do a shoot in the floating market in Thailand.

I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought.