Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

... a modest man. He has every reason to be modest.

I'm not boisterous. I just let the work speak for itself.

It's easy to be loud, outspoken, and play to the gallery. It's difficult to underplay one's self.

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

Humility is a virtue; timidity is an illness.

He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.

The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.

I come from a background where you don't really talk about yourself much.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

I am not overconfident.

I'm not a boastful person. I like my actions to speak for me.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

I'm not the type of person who enjoys the limelight.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.

I've never been cocky. Even right now I don't like to talk about the Olympics.

I'm not a show-off; I'm not an exhibitionist.

In no way do I want to draw attention to myself.

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.

I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues - to be modest and well-behaved. I'm totally wrong for show business.

I think of myself as a shy, modest, relatively unassuming person.

I'm not shy, but I have a job to do. I don't need the notoriety.

Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

My parents are people who like to stay to themselves. They're quiet. They raised me not to be boastful about anything we do.

I'll downplay myself before I compliment myself.

I never really do anything show-off-y, I keep it humble.