Bear good fortune modestly.

And believe me, to have been in the city of Tuscaloosa in October when you were young and full of Early Times and had…

— Howell Raines

“It's like the old question, "Do you lock your house to keep people out, or to protect what's inside?" Should a person act modestly…

— Manis Friedman

The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I know not,” I said modestly. “But I think she must not, for she caught me with an easy smile, then stole away without…

— Patrick Rothfuss

We're all living in some state of illusion, even if modestly.

— Claire Messud

I feel best when I am modestly dressed. It's a choice I make and am proud of; for me, I don't think I have…

— Halima Aden

“Often it is those who live quietly, modestly, and contentedly with a simple life who are the happiest.”

— Joshua Becker

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself…

— William Shakespeare

Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

— Gautama Buddha

When a woman dresses modestly, I can take her seriously as a woman because she doesn’t look like she’s begging for attention. She knows…

— Jason Evert

Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.

— Saint John Chrysostom

I mean, really, compared to a senior civil servant, I'm very modestly paid!

— David Starkey

I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really…

— James Denton

A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows…

— Ellen G. White