A Quote by Jack Benny
Modesty is my best quality.
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I possess every good quality, but the one that distinguishes me above all is modesty.
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I do plead with the mothers of Zion to undertake modesty in dress. We may like to follow the fashion, but let us follow it in modesty. The most precious thing that a girl has is her modesty and if she preserves this in dress, in speech, in action, it will arm, and protect her as nothing else will. But let her lose her modesty, and she becomes a victim of those who pursue her, as the hare is of the hound; and she will not be able to stand unless she preserves her modesty.
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If I keep striving to put on the best quality show based on the values I have, I don't have to think "oh we're crossing the line" because the line is built in. We follow that and do the best quality work we can.
Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.
I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.
Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind.
Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
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I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they are always looking forward and seldom back.
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At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.
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