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Quotes About Modesty

Aim to always be humble. Never boast about your achievements. It's so much more appealing to others when they find out that you have achieved something incredible without you telling them about it first!
~ Gary Marshall
True charisma will come from taking charge of each situation by saying "I'm responsible", but then not seeking any praise or approval afterwards.
~ Gary Marshall
As if true pride Were not also humble!
~ browning robert iii
Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men.
~ Bruce Barton
No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.
~ Bruce Barton
Conceit is God's gift to little men.
~ Bruce Barton
If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.
~ Bruce Lee
showing off is the fools's idea of glory.
~ Bruce Lee
The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not go on to acts of violent winning, he boasteth not, he will not triumph, he shows no arrogance. He wins because he cannot choose. After his victory he will not be overbearing.
~ Bruce Lee
Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.
~ Homer
Rasa malu tidak disarankan (tidak baik) bagi orang yang butuh
~ Homeros
Walk the good road, my daughter, and the buffalo herds wide and dark as cloud shadows moving over the prairie will follow you. . . . Be dutiful, respectful, gentle and modest, my daughter. And proud walking. If the pride and the virtue of the women are lost, the spring will come but the buffalo trails will turn to grass. Be strong, with the warm, strong heart of the earth. No people goes down until their women are weak and dishonored.
~ Howard Zinn
Her breasts were showing and Mr. Player, who was a very strong Quaker, didn't think that was quite proper.
~ Ian Fleming
We have to stop anyway. I don't want you to regret this later. And I don't want your head to explode. Really? You're so good that my head would explode? It took him a moment. His expression changed from intense to speculative. It's a possibility. I'm not a doctor, but Doolittle says it could happen. That's a lot of expectation to live up to. I exceed expectations. So modest, too.
~ Ilona Andrews
Most twenty-four-year-old women I know sleep in something more revealing. Something more adult. I raised my eyebrows. There is nothing wrong with my Hello Kitty T-shirt. It was thin and comfortable, and it reached to my mid-thigh, which meant that if I had to get up in the middle of the night to dispatch any intruders, I'd do it with my butt covered and modesty intact. Sean frowned. Sure, if you're five. Got a touch of arrested development happening there? Argh.
~ Ilona Andrews
Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control that they must be physically segregated every moment of the day and night.
~ James Buchan
I like young players when they are still open to learn and behave normally, not driving a Porsche after three matches in the first team.
~ Ronald Koeman
I will never understand how so many young women can go out in the freezing cold wearing so little clothing.
~ Yance Ford
Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
~ Dan Auerbach
As a youngster, I got so much attention because I was ahead of the other kids - even when I was eight, nine years old. But I never was really seeking attention, so I didn't care about scoring 30, 40 points.
~ Shaun Livingston
Master your craft, be nice and stay humble.
~ Erick Morillo
The best route is to stay humble and stay true to yourself.
~ Rich the Kid
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
~ Adam Grant
Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
~ Wilson Mizner