Modest Quotes

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The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and… — Milton Glaser
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. — Confucius
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. — Confucius
Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial… — Sylvia Earle
Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them. — Augustus Hare
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them. — E. W. Howe
I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal. — Norah Jones
I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing. — Jackie Joyner-Kersee
I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town. — Emeril Lagasse
For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want. — Nathan Myhrvold
This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. — Friedrich Nietzsche
All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don't think I would be on… — Al Pacino
Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed. — Ron Paul
It well becomes a young man to be modest. — Plautus
An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return. — Sidney Poitier
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations. — Paul Rand
Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of… — Donald Rumsfeld
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart. — John Ruskin

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