Modest Quotes

412 quotes by 355 authors

Although I am a strong political conservative, I now believe that the costs of our fruitless struggle against illegal drugs are not worth the modest… — Ernest Van den Haag
Philosophers should consider the fact that the greatest happiness principle can easily be made an excuse for a benevolent dictatorship. We should replace it by… — Karl Popper
The true colour of life is the colour of the body, the colour of the covered red, the implicit and not explicit red of the… — Alice Meynell
Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about. — Amy Chua
Be modest, be humble, be simple, — Amy Chua
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of… — Joseph Conrad
To create an atmosphere dedicated to health..to present charming interiors that will attract maternity patients...to develop distinctive decoration and furnishings that can be installed at… — Dorothy Draper
Such reproductions may not interest the reader; but after all, this is my autobiography, not his; he is under no obligation to read further in… — Neville Cardus
The horse and mule live thirty years And never know of wine and beers. The goat and sheep at twenty die Without a taste of… — Charles Gavan Duffy
He was very modest, but once he got talking, he liked reminiscing about all the people he worked with over the years. — Barbara Wagner
But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is… — Ian Hamilton Finlay
We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest… — George McGovern
In this vivid depiction of the wiseguys and poor sods who drift through his flawed hero's bar, Con Lehane also shows us their modest hopes… — Margaret Maron
The truth about our own modest contribution might immobilize us: much easier then, to tell ourselves a story about how much we make our own… — David Whyte
All of us, I suspect, imagine that a world exists from which we alone have been excluded; all of us have our noses pressed against… — James Atlas
My strengthsâ€”which are really quite modestâ€”are limited to me, but with my weaknesses the possibilities are boundless. — Jason Gray
When a woman veils her body in modest clothing, she is not hiding herself from men. On the contrary, she is revealing her dignity to… — Jason Evert
Unless you have a feeling for that secret knowledge that modest things can be more beautiful than anything expensive, you will never have style. — Andree Putman
Bear in mind three essential qualities in all games of intellect:â€“ Never to show selfishness or to wound the feelings of your adversary. To be… — W. Patterson
Edward Isaac Bickert in never one to blow his own horn - figuratively - he is one of the most modest and unassuming men in… — Frank Rutter

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