Modestly Quotes
44 quotes by 42 authors
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The arts must study their occasions; they must stand modestly aside until they can slip in fitly into the interstices of life.
— George Santayana
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I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call…
— Barbara Kruger
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As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly decided to stop there.
— Arthur C. Clarke
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The early industrialists were for the most part men who had their origin in the same social strata from which their workers came. They lived…
— Ludwig von Mises
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I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It…
— Fisher Ames
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I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly.
— James Denton
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The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.
— Plato
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying. In return, he owes it to his fellow men…
— Karl Popper
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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
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You wonderful girls, dress modestly and keep yourselves physically clean. Be cheerful and happy. Be positive about life. Then the Holy Spirit will cause you…
— F. Melvin Hammond
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Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True refinement avoids anything…
— J.R. Miller
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Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.
— Saint John Chrysostom
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On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may come to know, and on the other hand to keep…
— Bertrand Russell
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When a woman dresses modestly, I can take her seriously as a woman because she doesn’t look like she’s begging for attention. She knows that…
— Jason Evert
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Many Christians and Christian leaders have been neutralized by the love of money and materialism. The homage paid to affluence becomes a burden that saps…
— John Wimber
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I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut…
— Chris Patten
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I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Love is both a principle and an emotion; it is something both felt and willed. It is capable of almost infinite degrees. Love in the…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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All brands, whether high-ticket luxury ones such as Cartier or Rolls-Royce or 'masstige' ones with luxe-y overtones but altogether more affordable, all want to grow.…
— Peter York
Who Wrote These Modestly Quotes
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