Century Quote by Elias Canetti

I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.

— Ian Mckellen

I find that the more you achieve, the more modest you become.

— Saeed Jaffrey

I come from an extremely modest background. So now I have way more than what I'm used to.

— Raftaar

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

— Socrates

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about…

— Saint Augustine

I was born modest, but it didn't last.

— Mark Twain

Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?

— Seth Godin

Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility.

— Maya Angelou

I grew up very modest, and I never forget that.

— Ronnie Dunn

Modesty is the key to success

— Paul the Apostle