Quotes About Modest

Lord, if I thought you were listening, I'd pray for this above all: that any church set up in your name should remain poor, and powerless, and modest. That it should wield no authority except that of love. That it should never cast anyone out. That it should own no property and make no laws. That it should not condemn, but only forgive.

Admiralty House was a modest structure, only a little over a hundred stories in height

I am not that adventurous with clothes.

I'm not ambitious.

I'm not from aristocracy, or anything like that.

We are so very 'umble.

My whole vibe is not really fronty and aggressive and blingy.

How would you describe Owen and Irene's relationship?" "Average," he said. "Could you elaborate?" "They were hardly star-crossed lovers. I suspect they made decent-enough roommates and they had a few things in common." "Like what?" "Lack of ambition. And a somewhat modest way of life.

It might not be much. OK, it wasn't much. But it was a start.

I'm brilliant as well as skilled, he said modestly. It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.

Loki, that's me. Loki, the Light-Bringer, the misunderstood, the elusive, the handsome and modest hero of this particular tissue of lies.

Caselli was a modest, taciturn man, in whose sad but proud eyes could be read: - He is a great scientist, and as his 'famulus', I am also a little great; - I, though humble, know things that he does not know; - I know him better than he knows himself; I foresee his acts; - I have power over him; I defend and protect him; - I can say bad things about him because I love him; that is not granted to you

Humble goals and modest expectations are more likely to be fulfilled than are utopian dreams.

At the end, in Harry's handiwork, there's nothing sentimental about love, no sunlit clouds and glory notes – it's a substantial, earthbound connection, grounded in effort, kindness and decency. Learning to love, Harry liked to say, is really about learning to live. Perhaps everyday affection seems a small facet of love. Perhaps, though, it is the modest, steady responses that see us through day after day, that stretch into a life of close and loving relationships.

I am not athletic.

I am an austere president.

I think I'm pretty much down to earth, and I'm not really way, way out there.

I'm just down to earth.

I'm not a dramatic guy.

She was not ugly, she was not pretty. But just that old-fashioned word, plain.

While Henri had a huge heart, he had quite a modest brain. His head was taken up almost entirely by his ears. In fact, his head seemed simply a sort of mount for those ears. Fortunately Henri didn't really need his head. He kept all the important things in his heart.

The shepherd looked in his direction. Gone to the wrong house, thought Gamache, not altogether surprised. While Henri had a huge heart, he had quite a modest brain. His head was taken up almost entirely by his ears. In fact, his head seemed simply a sort of mount for those ears. Fortunately Henri didn't really need his head. He kept all the important things in his heart.

The wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the Many -- honored by the Few; To count as naught in World or Church or State; But inwardly in secret to be great.

if you were quiet and blended into the background, you were less likely to make waves