Modest Quotes

412 quotes by 344 authors

Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing useful… — Edward Abbey
I did not understand that she was hiding her feelings under irony, that this is usually the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Darling, a true lady takes off her dignity with her clothes and does her whorish best. At other times you can be as modest and… — Robert A. Heinlein
Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic hope that this… — Peter HÃ¸eg
You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect â€” even on Selena after a very modest quantity.… — Sarah Caudwell
Jill was tall and slim, like most Moroi. With that figure came a modest chest. Angeline's chest...was not so modest. — Richelle Mead
Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. — Jules Renard
Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run… — BrenÃ© Brown
Jared had his back to the wall, which Kami thought was a reflex when he was uncomfortable. She wanted to shield him. â€œHe was doing… — Sarah Rees Brennan
They were the reason that he kept faith with his stars, that reinforced him in his belief that the universe had more in store for… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There's no time to be modest. Reason will not work here. Without warning, I kiss Kartik. His lips, pressed firmly against mine, are a surprise.… — Libba Bray
And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest "He… — Suzanne Weyn
I was modest--they accused me of being crafty: I became secretive. I felt deeply good and evil--nobody caressed me, everybody offended me: I became rancorous.… — Mikhail Lermontov
You are a sick, sick man,â€ I told him. â€œThank you,â€ Ben replied, looking modest. — Patricia Briggs
She thinks how much more space a being occupies in life than it does in death; how much illusion of size is contained in gestures… — Michael Cunningham
Good God, you donâ€™t give up.â€ â€œNope.â€ I laughed, couldnâ€™t help it, and his smile spread in response to the sound. â€œIâ€™m sure there are… — Unknown Author
Also, you may not have noticed, but this is a cupboard." "I admit that our private office is of modest dimensions," Kami told him, "But… — Sarah Rees Brennan
He was not a modest man. Contemplating suicide, he summoned a dragon.' Gothos' Folly — Steven Erikson
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… — Mohamed Al-Fayed
I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a Secretary… — Madeleine Albright

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