Malcolm Muggeridge Quotes

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

I am not cocky or real showboatish.

I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.

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

I'm a humble guy, okay?

I'm very, very modest.

You're taught from a very young age that you shouldn't get too big for your britches, so I tend to err way too much on the side of 'Nothing means anything.'

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.

Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility.

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

I'm not that cool or anything.

I'm a very humble guy.

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.

I didn't want to be big Mr. Ego walking around.

Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.

Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility.

How do I stay humble? Because I'm the best at being humble.

Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.

True humility scarcely ever utters words of humility.

Modesty is my best quality.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

Modesty is not one of my virtues.

You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.

I'm not the type who'll yell about my achievements from the rooftops.