Michel de Montaigne Quotes

A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he arouses mistrust.

I'm not insecure, but I'm not like, 'Hi, I'm confident.'

I don't consider myself a star or a celebrity or anybody, you know. I just think of myself as doing something that I love to do.

No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

I used to say in the cabinet room, 'confidence is not like a can of Popeye spinach - you can't take the top off and swallow it down.' You know, confidence has to be earned.

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

I do not walk around imaging myself to be intimidating or smart.

Nobody thinks of themselves as sexy, really. Some days you go, 'Hey, I'm not going too bad today.' But if you try and be sexy, you'll never be sexy.

I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.

My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity.

I don't get self-conscious. I'm not vain in that way.

I'm not an outstanding personality, and I'm certainly no beauty. Acting ability is all I've got to trade on.

I don't want to talk about myself, that's for other people to say, so I'm not saying I was so talented.

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

People see us as no better than we are.

Trust me: if I had something interesting to say about myself, I would.

People say to me, 'You're a genius; you're great.' I don't know if I'll ever feel that way about myself. Some things, I feel like, are better left for other people to say, and I'm just not into, like, tooting my own horn or bragging or anything.

I'm not cocky. I'm not arrogant. I know my value.

I'll let my game speak for itself.

I've never felt the need to show that I am either clever or tall because I'm not.