“What can we dobut keep on breathing in and out,modest and willing, and in our places?”
Mary Oliver
“Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.”
William Shakespeare
“Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.”
Orson Welles
“Implied / Subjection, but required with gentle sway / And by her yielded, by him best received; / Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, / And sweet reluctant amorous delay.”
John Milton
“I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.”
Mark Twain
“In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility;But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger:Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide,Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spiritTo his full height!”
“Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.”
Jules Renard
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