Modest Quotes

412 quotes by 344 authors

I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and… — Walter Annenberg
History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose. — J. H. Plumb
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. — Erik Satie
It may not be irrelevant to note that even very modest forms of life, like earthworms, dung beetles and fiddler crabs, have no trouble identifying… — Unknown Author
The U.S. public is depoliticised, poorly informed on foreign affairs... and strongly patriotic in the face of a struggle with another Hitler. Even though the… — Edward S. Herman
Any human being is really good at certain things. The problem is that the things you're good at come naturally. And since most people are… — Stephen Jay Gould
America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist. — Carlisle Floyd
If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist… — Albert Einstein
What an artist worries about when he plans his pictures, is something... difficult to put into words. Perhaps he would say he worries about whether… — Ernst Gombrich
Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous — Bill Bradley
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad, sad soil of… — Walt Whitman
When blessed with wealth, let them withdraw from the competition of vanity and be modest, retiring from ostentation, and not be the slaves of fashion. — William Wilberforce
Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of us… — Melissa Scott
What potent blood hath modest May. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us mindful of the nobility God… — Ralph Washington Sockman
Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit… — Barton Seaver
You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits. — Anna Netrebko
I have never seen Francis Crick in a modest mood. Perhaps in other company he is that way, but I have never had reason so… — James D. Watson
How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to… — Italo Calvino
You can be only a modest distance away from the gravity brane, and gravity will be incredibly weak. — Lisa Randall

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