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Quotes About Modesty

To the extent we behave with humility, to that extent good will result.
~ Ramana Maharshi
it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.
~ Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
I'm still not aware that I'm good looking.
~ Jamie Dornan
I possess every good quality, but the one that distinguishes me above all is modesty.
~ Charles Richet
I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.
~ Elton John
The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
~ Joseph Addison
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.
~ Emile de Girardin
I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.
~ Frank Bruno
I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesnt worry me personally all that much.
~ Sarah Sutton
This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.
~ Robert Mondavi
Bear good fortune modestly.
~ Decimius Magnus Ausonius
I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good.
~ Mark Viduka
Jack Del Rio and myself are very similar except he's really good looking and was a great player. Other than that, we're very similar.
~ Rex Ryan
Our clothing, while modest and simple, should be of good quality . . . It should be chosen for durability rather than display.
~ Ellen G. White
There's no point in bragging in the good times. Your friends don't need to hear it and your enemies won't believe it anyway.
~ Paul Orfalea
I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.
~ David Morse
If a woman's young and pretty, I think you can see her good looks all the better for her being plainly dressed.
~ George Eliot
I never was a very good singer.
~ Jackson Browne
That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.
~ John Fogerty
There are so many good guitarists out there, I am by no means a very good guitar player.
~ Marnie Stern
I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute. It's a learned affectation.
~ Maya Angelou
I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, and I'm not terribly insightful.
~ Moby
The head raised too high even in good will be struck off too soon.
~ Pearl S. Buck
I'm not very good at promotion.
~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg