Lord Byron Quotes

If you're a humble person, and you walk in, and you start talking, people are going to be able to tell. You can't fake it.

When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can.

I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.

The main thing is to keep it simple, keep it real, be honest and pull no stunts. You can't forget where you started and came from.

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

I always admired my father because he was a man that never put on any airs, you know. And I always tried to be that kind of person.

Gentlemen and ladies are sure of their ground. They pretend to nothing that they are not.

Modesty is good. But not when it comes at the cost of honesty.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am.

Lying about anything is the cruelest thing in the world you could ever do. Be who you are. Don't try to be someone you're not. It never works.

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

You wouldn't meet a Joe Frazier down today and then up tomorrow, said hello to big shots then ignore someone on the lower level; he was the most consistent human being. What you see is what you get.

I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.

I don't try to pretend to be what I'm not. I don't feel I need to do anything outrageous.

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth.

I'd never want to do something just for the show of it.

I would rather have honesty and character than prestige and wealth. I can walk and ride the streets of this city, hold my head up, and look all men in the face.