Maya Angelou Quotes

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

I'd rather speak less because I don't consider myself a very intelligent person.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

I don't presume to think I'm great at anything.

I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.

I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not that person. In the first instance, when a record company said to me, do you want to try and make your record, my first reaction was, no, I'm not worthy - I couldn't possibly, and so on and so forth.

I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.

Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.

I don't think what I have to say is that important.

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

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind of try to immediately forget.

Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.

I'm not great at talking about myself.

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.

I don't want to be so confident in myself.

There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am.

Anything nice that's said about me is diametrically opposed to who I am.

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.'

I'm not that interesting of a person.

I'm definitely not a fearless individual.

Oh, you wouldn't want to hear me sing.

I'm the opposite of the actor that is bursting with confidence who just knows they're going to make it. I'm the guy who's like yeah, probably, it won't happen.

People who know me cannot believe that I am here, because I am so shy.

I'm not brave. Far from it.