Modest Quotes

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As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my… — J D Salinger
A modest little person, with much to be modest about. — Winston Churchill
True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That… — Alexander Pope
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility. — William Shakespeare
Always try to be modest, and be proud of it! — Steven Wright
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. — Gustave Flaubert
I am more modest now, but I still think that one of the pleasantest of all emotions is to know that I, I with my… — M.F.K. Fisher
To be gentle and kind, modest and truthful, to be full of faith and integrity, doing no wrong is of God; goodness sheds a halo… — Brigham Young
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a… — William Shakespeare
Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in… — Wendell Berry
I cannot become modest; too many things burn in me; the old solutions are falling apart; nothing has been done yet with the new ones.… — Elias Canetti
I prefer by far the warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness. Some people remind me of sharp dazzling diamonds. Valuable but lifeless and… — Anais Nin
I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks,… — Jeff Lindsay
I love the performance of a craft, whether it is modest or mean-spirited, yet I walk away when discussions of it begin - as if… — Michael Ondaatje
Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will break out in… — Jeanette Winterson
The Photograph is an extended, loaded evidence â€” as if it caricatured not the figure of what it represents (quite the converse) but its very… — Roland Barthes
Happiness--a small-scale, endearing, harmonious happiness--surely dwelt here beneath the low-powered lamps in the tiny rooms of these houses. A small-scale happiness and a modest harmony:… — Fumiko Enchi
Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well. — James Joyce
What most of us must be involved in--whether we teach or write, make films, write films, direct films, play music, act, whatever we do--has to… — Howard Zinn
I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly… — Jane Austen

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