#modest

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Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.


Bobbe Sommer


#happiness #modesty #opinion #precondition #regard

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.


Vladimir Nabokov


#hubris #humble #modesty #ego

Modesty is the conscience of the body.


Honore de Balzac


#conscience #modesty

Modesty is my best quality.


Jack Benny


#modesty #quality

On their own merits modest men are dumb.


George Colman


#men #merits #modest #own #their

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.


Fyodor Dostoevsky


#last #modest #people #privacy #refuge

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.


David Bowie


#best #best work #couple #done #exceptions

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.


Lakhdar Brahimi


#modest #others #respectful #try #understand

I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have some swagger, I'm gonna have some cockiness.


Drew Brees


#confident #extremely #gonna #i #me

In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.


Kim Campbell


#ailments #always #best #comes #doctors