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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. - Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. Confucius

Man, Speech, Actions, Superior, His

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. - Confucius

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. Confucius

Simple, Virtue, Enduring, Near, Firm

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations. Paul Rand

Good, Simplicity, Expectations, Goal

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. - Confucius

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. Confucius

Man, Speech, Actions, Superior, His

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be. Ralph W. Sockman

Respect, Humility, Self, Thinking, Short

I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues - to be modest and well-behaved. I'm totally wrong for show business. Terry Wogan

Business, Wrong, Duty, Up, Show, Vain

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - William Shakespeare

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. William Shakespeare

Wise, Doubt, Beacon

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. Fyodor Dostoevsky

Soul, People, Privacy, Sarcasm, Last

The most brilliant satire of all time was 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift. You'll notice how everything got straightened out in Ireland within days of that coming out. P. J. O'Rourke

Time, You, Satire, Everything, Brilliant

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows. Milton Glaser

Relationship, Persistence, Talent, Real

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. Maya Angelou

Life, Modesty, Person, Drops, Wall, Soon

My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing. Pope Francis

Life, Car, Spiritual, People, Me, Way

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing. Paul Theroux

Reputation, You, Never, Will, Gain

Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy and a modest budget can go a long way toward invading a country's cyberspace. Evgeny Morozov

Long, Budget, Easy, Way, Country, Cheap

I grew up in a modest neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. It was an industrial community of blue-collar, working people... some of the hardest-working people I've ever met. Hilda Solis

Community, People, Los Angeles, Outside

The odds of being successful are the same for every group that is educated in America. It's just that the group that is not wealthy is 95 percent of the population. So if there are 100 successful people in a room, probably 95 out of 100 came from more modest means. Michael Eisner

People, America, Group, Odds, Educated

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about. - Winston Churchill

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about. Winston Churchill

Man, He, About, Indeed, Lot, Very

Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility. Maya Angelou

Fire, Humility, Hell, Think, You, Want

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. Friedrich Nietzsche

Great, Praise, Others, Made, Some

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.' Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, 'Yes, I deserve it.' Maya Angelou

Good, People, Heaven, Earth, Say, Person

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. Friedrich Nietzsche

Love, Hand, Open, Giver, Out, Hardest

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane. Jane Harrison

Brave, Patient, Honorable, Manly, Either

It's sort of good to see your vocation as a daily task and have fairly modest expectations for financial or reward in other coin - glory, love, whatever. John Updike

Love, Good, Daily, Expectations, Reward

I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election. Margaret Thatcher

Father, Home, Me, Election, Interesting

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election. Margaret Thatcher

Home, Me, Believe, Election, Interesting

I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have some swagger, I'm gonna have some cockiness. Drew Brees

Moment, Me, Confident, You, Situation

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