(156 quotes found)
“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
“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!”
“I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.”
Mark Twain
“What can we dobut keep on breathing in and out,modest and willing, and in our places?”
Mary Oliver
“It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody”
Jules Renard
“I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.”
“Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.”
“He wove a great web of knowledge, linking everything together, and sat modestly at a switchboard at the center, eager to help.”
Walter Kerr
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