Modest Quotes

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It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support. — Michael Parenti
The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist, and its power is employed above all to enforce this claim. It is… — Guy Debord
Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it will go out… — John Owen
I consider that all Jews in the Diaspora, and thus it is true in France, should everywhere they can lend their support to Israel. This… — Dominique Strauss-Kahn
I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have… — Drew Brees
I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for… — Ed McBain
Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain. — Karl Kraus
Free from gross passion or of mirth of anger constant spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with… — William Shakespeare
Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. ... — Yohji Yamamoto
I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go to public schools.… — Jack Valenti
As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious… — Robert B. Laughlin
The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with… — Antoine Rivarol
We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremendous difficulty, provided that we… — Edsger Dijkstra
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person — Horace
Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it means decent, seemly.… — Elisabeth Elliot
A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that… — Ellen G. White
Our clothing, while modest and simple, should be of good quality . . . It should be chosen for durability rather than display. — Ellen G. White
Wear modest, clean clothing. Your clothing doesn't need to be new and [it] should have some fashion of course, but [it] should be clean, modest,… — Bruce R. McConkie
Fie, thou dishonest Satan! I call thee by the most modest terms; for I am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil… — William Shakespeare

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