Gauri Khan Quotes

I don't much believe in the hype of anything or anybody, not even myself.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

You don't wear all your jewellery at once. You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.

Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.

I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.

The thing is, you don't want to overact or be full of yourself.

You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.

I'm not the kind of guy who says 'wow' a lot.

I have had enough of an interesting life to not embellish it in any way.

The way I rap isn't about me boasting. Rarely will I do that.

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.

The Truth never flaunted a sign.

Honest is how I want to look. The truth doesn't glitter and shine.

I'm not trying to be modest of self-deprecating or in any way trying to do that.

Dress not thy thoughts in too fine a raiment. And be not a man of superfluous words or superfluous deeds.

Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Meekness, the subtraction of self, reduces the multiplication of words.

If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

Sometimes there is simply no need to be either clever or original.

In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.