Modest Quotes

Even in the world of molecules the civilising influence of modest restraints is a cause for rejoicing.

Be modest in speech, but excel in action.

Fear pounds on the door to our heart demanding to be let in. Joy is modest and often comes into our lives like a shy person entering a room; it can take a while to even notice it's there.

Ambition is never modest. If modesty means to have middling success, then I can only say: I'm not interested.

By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.

I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie.

What is the vanity of the vainest man compared with the vanity which the most modest possesses when, in the midst of nature and the world, he feels himself to be man!

It is modest of the nightingale not to require anyone to listen to it; but it is also proud of the nightingale not to care whether any one listens to it or not.

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances, I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.

If I was not a remarkably modest man, I should probably brag a little, and say that I had done what no American ever before accomplished by visiting the queen at her palace twice within eight days.

Modest humility is beauty's crown.

To be modest means that you have something to be modest about.

The request of industry to government is as modest as that of Diogenes to Alexander: Get out of my light.

The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.

Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.

I have the modest goals of replacing the whole petrochemical industry.

Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze by the sweet power of music.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.

There is a very modest side to me too. How far away from me is the image? It's about 20 steps away.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.

I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon.

Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.

What potent blood hath modest May.

Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.

The blushing cheek speaks modest mind,The lips befitting words most kind,The eye does tempt to love's desire,And seems to, say 'tis "Cupid's fire.

I was always trying to look modest and natural. I don't like women who come into the lab and you see immediately that it took them two hours to dress in the morning.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me.

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 reality.

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy.

My strengths—which are really quite modest—are limited to me, but with my weaknesses the possibilities are boundless.

A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

The more modest its intellectual ballast, the more exclusively it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses, the more effective [propaganda] will be.

If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.

Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.

Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest.

In the glare of your mind, be modest. And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling.

What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?

Fortunately the Italian people has not yet accustomed itself to eat many times a day, and possessing a modest level of living, it feels deficiency and suffering less.

Always try to be modest, and be proud of it!

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.

Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty.