Modest Quotes

412 quotes by 355 authors

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however… — Paul Auster
I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law. — Michele Bachmann
Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were. — Russell Baker
I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable. — Max Beerbohm
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… — David Bowie
Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand. — Lakhdar Brahimi
Is the raggle-taggle Brangelina tribe any more bogus than that of the landlocked yummy mummy who believes that she can drop half a dozen brats… — Julie Burchill
The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time. — David Byrne
Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger. — Abraham Cahan
It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of expressions. All the rubber and… — Helena Bonham Carter
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest. — Paul Cezanne
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about. — Winston Churchill
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one… — Luc de Clapiers
Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the… — William J. Clinton
Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. — Maya Angelou
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven… — Maya Angelou
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. — Franz Grillparzer
As president, I will fight illegal immigration in order to preserve an appropriate level of legal immigration. At the same time, I believe our system… — Bob Dole
Who can describe the transports of a beam truly parental on beholding a daughter shoot up like some fair and modest flower, and acquire, day… — George Fordyce
We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own. — Isaac Barrow

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