#modest

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

— Andre Maurois

#modesty #pass #praise #these #unselfishness

I realise that every time my face is on TV or I'm playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#am #best #every #every time #face

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#been #end #every #faith #gold

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#flower #modesty #nor #sincerity #spontaneous

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#far #highly #how #how far #humility

I grew up in a modest neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. It was an industrial community of blue-collar, working people... some of the hardest-working people I've ever met. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#blue-collar #community #ever #grew #i

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#challenging #circumstances #consider #grew #i

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. ↗

— Robert South

#heart #loquacity #modesty #storms #takes

I thought if I was lucky it would be a nice, modest-sized, modest-budgeted film that would be a modest success. And then something happened. ↗

— David Heyman

#happened #i #lucky #modest #nice

I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#modest #outgoing #shy #very