Eva Mendes Quotes

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

I'm not a show-off by nature.

Modest. When they meet me, they think I'm going to be outgoing, but I like things low-key. I don't like people to think I'm bragging.

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

I'm actually pretty smart when you get to know me.

I'm not that cool; I'm just a bookworm.

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

Even though I am an actor, by nature I am what you could call a homely girl.

I'm just a nerd at heart, and I'm actually quite nice.

I'm not the type of guy who is going to be out in front of a microphone for attention.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally meets with as many patrons as beholders.

A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.

I feel like people who don't brag are trying to make you jealous by thinking they're hiding something more even exciting.

I know, it's amazing, but I never feel like I have done anything. When people say that, it makes me uncomfortable because I'm not that kind of person. I just go out there and try to do my job.

I on the other side Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds; The deeds themselves, though mute, spoke loud the doer.

Being humble is cooler than being famous.

Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.

I'm trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I've done things nobody else has done.

The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.

Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom, if he desires to be honored at all. He allows you to know them but not to comprehend them. No one must know the extent of his abilities, lest he be disappointed. No one ever has an opportunity of fathoming him entirely. For guesses and doubts about the extent of his talents arouse more veneration than accurate knowledge of them, be they ever so great.

I'm not an upfront person. Being upfront is not my forte. I'm quite happy to stay in the back there with the drums, where I belong.

I'm totally normal. I think it's obnoxious when people demand limos or bodyguards. I eat at McDonald's or Taco Bell. My parents always taught us to be humble. We're not spoiled.

I was never one to seek out the spotlight.

I'm very fortunate. I'm not much of a self-promoter or anything.

My father was a very humble and down to earth man, and was known for being very honest and trustworthy.