Top 767 Modest Quotes & Sayings - Page 2
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Last updated on April 14, 2025.
It would be nice if at least 1/3 of the people in Korea think that I'm modest.
What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?
Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
True gastronomy is making the most of what is available, however modest.
The Chinese have an excellent proverb: "Be modest in speech, but excel in action.
Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well.
You will not see me dressed in plain, modest outfits.
All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
To arrange a library is to practice in a quiet and modest way the art of criticism.
I'm not too modest of a person. I've got a pretty blue sense of humor.
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Enough of the 'Canada is a modest country' boasts. Please. Just stop.
He was not a modest man. Contemplating suicide, he summoned a dragon.' Gothos' Folly
Unlike Hezbollah, Israel's more modest aim is to survive, and that it has done.
In the glare of your mind, be modest. And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling.
Sometimes the most modest changes can bring about enormous effects.
Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze by the sweet power of music.
Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.
The modest youth somehow knows just what to do for the cameras.
Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.
There's so much that can be learned from French cooking, especially really traditional, more modest meals.
I have the modest goals of replacing the whole petrochemical industry.
I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.
I don't think that I'm modest by any means, but I'm also not an exhibitionist.
I grew up very modest, and I never forget that.
The man who feels himself ignorant should, at least, be modest.
It is hard to be modest at times like these so I won't even try...you are all shite!
Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.
I am one of the most famous people in Russia, which is maybe not modest, but it's true.
I think of myself as a shy, modest, relatively unassuming person.
Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest.
Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey.
You must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.
The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time.
Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation.
Publicly I'm a very modest dresser, by Hollywood's standards.
Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius.
I am rather proud of my modest contribution to bringing democracy home.
Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.
Great artists are modest almost as seldom as they are faithful to their wives.
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Modest wisdom plucks me from over-credulous haste.
I'm a leftie, and I've always believed in doing things on a modest scale.
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.
Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
When a modest man praises himself, people listen.
I have had some amazing experiences as a musician - even with my modest skills.
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.
