Modest Quotes

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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement 'I do not know'.

A Man who is Shy and Modest, is An Amazing Character, but a Women who is Shy and Modest is Beyond Amazing.

A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth.

Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy - but mysterious. [...] But above all black says this: 'I don't bother you - don't bother me'

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Nor will I then thy modest grace forget, Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring, And pensive monitor of fleeting years!

I think the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest.

Unless you have a feeling for that secret knowledge that modest things can be more beautiful than anything expensive, you will never have style.

If you respect your body enough to put modest clothes on, then more people will respect you as a person.

I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.

Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, For works may have more with than does 'em good, As bodies perish through excess of blood.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.

True gastronomy is making the most of what is available, however modest.

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

I will continue to distribute blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and food on a regular basis, in the hope that my modest efforts will give some comfort to those people we are able help.

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.

Think boldly. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Don't miss small details, keep your eyes open and be modest in everything except your aims.

The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.

Is it better to be extremely ambitious, or rather modest? Probably the latter is safer; but I hate safety, and would rather fail gloriously than dingily succeed.

The girl who chooses to be modest, chooses to be respected.

A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.

Black is modest and arrogant at the same time.

No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it.

A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

No girl who is well bred, 'kind, and modest, is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want of manners, or of heart.

If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

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

The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.

A modest woman has good children.

The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.

I'm living in a very modest place. I have a room over-looking beautiful Claridge's Hotel. I thought it was better than paying Claridge's prices and overlooking the dump I'm living in.

I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.

He was very modest, but once he got talking, he liked reminiscing about all the people he worked with over the years.

Sometimes the most modest changes can bring about enormous effects.

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

I order that my funeral ceremonies be extremely modest, and that they take place at dawn or at the evening Ave Maria, without song or music.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous

It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support.

The door available to everyone that can lead to happiness & success is the modest door of the public library. I found it to be so in my own life and work.

I quickly convinced myself that the true key to material happiness lay in a modest standard of living which could be achieved with little difficulty under almost all economic conditions.

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.

Fear pounds on the door to our heart demanding to be let in. Joy is modest and often comes into our lives like a shy person entering a room; it can take a while to even notice it's there.