Modest Quotes

412 quotes by 344 authors

College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions. — P.J. O'Rourke
I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I had needed a size thirty-eight bra instead of a modest thirty-four. — Evelyn Keyes
One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important. — Robert Zoellick
I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with many wonderful people from many walks of life. I have known rich and poor, famous and… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
When Captain America is in a room full of Marvel superheroes, he is always Top Dog, even though his powers are pretty modest. He could… — Unknown Author
Facebook draws from the public and public-interest sphere, a simultaneously bold and modest step towards acknowledging that our new networked technologies deeply affect our lives… — Jonathan Zittrain
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he… — Nancy Gibbs
A good journalist is modest; his only job is simple: to decide what counts as news. — Michael Ignatieff
Economists should be modest and be aware that they are part of the broader social science community. We need to be pragmatic about the methods… — Thomas Piketty
Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a… — Patrick Nielsen Hayden
I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I… — Taron Egerton
My philosophy is very much to encourage my children to forge their own success and happiness, even though that will undoubtedly involve much more modest… — John Caudwell
The bottom line is this: Cash, in modest increments, has a role in any portfolio. But unless you are Warren Buffett, you should limit it… — Barry Ritholtz
It is not good to demonstrate your luxury and your wealth: to rub it in the faces of others is insulting. So you should be… — Vladimir Potanin
True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us… — Ralph W. Sockman
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. — Confucius
To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane. — Jane Harrison
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him. — E. W. Howe
The true color of life is the color of the body, the color of the covered red, the implicit and not explicit red of the… — Alice Meynell
On their own merits modest men are dumb. — George Colman

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