Modest Quotes

Henry James proposed asking of art three modest and appropriate questions: What is the artist trying to do? Does he do it? Was it worth doing?

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

Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were.

The man who feels himself ignorant should, at least, be modest.

But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest Innocence away

What I do on stage, you won't catch me doing off stage. I mean, I think deep down I'm still kind of, like, timid and modest about a lot of things. But on stage, I release all that; I let it go.

It would be nice if at least 1/3 of the people in Korea think that I'm modest.

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

We pray for a generation of girls who will display their wit, their intelligence, their modest charm, their integrity, their loveliness rather than their bodies and their sexual possibilities.

Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation.

And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest "He died.

The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked.

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one day at least of every year, was made obvious.

Then the Parson might preach, & drink, & sing, And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring; And modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch.

The Man who pretends to be a modest enquirer into the truth of a self-evident thing is a Knave.

Forgot the blush that virgin fears impart To modest cheeks, and borrowed one from art.

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 himself with courtesy: sayest thou that house is dark?

You must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.

Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God fulfills it.

Beware ! Heart is too small to feel happy but soul is too big to take glory

Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.

You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.

Beware ! Discipline goes to two different directions : success and self glory. Self glory is the biggest failure of life.

Kingdom of God will surely come upon someone if glory of man leaves him

It is not reputation, fame, success or religiosity that glorifies God, it's slavery.

Modesty is fear.

An arrogant man whose arrogance we see from his own behaviour is more tolerable than a humble man whose humility we hear of from his own mouth.

Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is).

If you really want to be different, you'd better keep quiet and be a good person on the inside.

Yesterday i was clever so i took the glory for me. Today HE makes me wise so i give the glory to HIM.

Big things in the glory of the world mean nothing. Small things in glory of God mean everything. Truly..., size doesn't matter in this world or in the world to come.

Sweet wine makes drunk, sour wine (insult) is "tetelestai". Life is not about what we have done and become, but how God to be fully glorified.

Whatever we have in the glory of man is "away". Those are just not enough before we go "home" to the glory of God.

Yesterday I was clever, so I took the glory for me. Today He makes me wise, so I give the glory to Thee

If we glorify God (not self) in everything we do then everything on earth will glorify God.

The good times are killing me

If you lose your integrity, you will also lose your identity, your sensitivity and your dignity. Integrity is honesty, modesty and security in all kinds of weather. It should be our priority!

Failure Is Not Permanent, So Is The Success. So, Don't Look Down Upon People Who Are Failed While You're Succeeded. Table Can Turn Anytime. Be Gentle To Every Creation, It Ain't Cost A Thing....

With a modest amount of looks and talent and more than a modicum of serendipity, I've managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into more than half a century of good fortune.

Modesty was hardly a priority in her mind until now. Now she had been cast from Hell and again knew shame.

- Why you?- (...) I’m the best.- Modest of you.- I am the best. Modesty has nothing to say about it.

It's not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it's what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.