Unassuming Demeanor Quotes

I'm actually pretty reserved.

... a modest man. He has every reason to be modest.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a quiet guy.

I've never been cocky. Even right now I don't like to talk about the Olympics.

I'm a humble guy, I'm pretty down to earth.

I think of myself as a shy, modest, relatively unassuming person.

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

Everybody felt his superiority, but nobody felt oppressed by it. Though he had no illusions about people and human affairs, he was full of kindness toward everybody and everything. Never did he give the impression of domineering, always of serving and helping. He was extremely conscientious, without allowing anything to assume undue importance; a subtle humor guarded him, which was reflected in his eyes and in his smile.

The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.

I am not the kind of person who shouts out.

I'm generally a low-key guy.

I'm a low-profile guy.

I was one of the quietest guys in school.

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

I had a lot of fun bantering back and forth with Kennedy. But for ease and comfort, it would be Gerald Ford. He was a down-home type. I came from the Midwest and he came from the Midwest. He was nonaggressive and kindly.

He [Calvin Coolidge] looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.

I have been sort of the more quiet Mulroney.

I am a low-profile person.

Shy in manner, seeming cold; awkward in attitude, and with little in his bearing that suggested command

I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.

A modest man never talks of himself.

I'm a private person. I am quiet.

In life, I'm pretty low-key and quite non-descript.

Humility is a virtue; timidity is an illness.

I'm a fairly quiet and private person. So I haven't sought publicity.