#modes

Author describes auto CEO's decisions to drive rather than fly to Washington as "showy penitence". ↗

— Ron Suskind

#education

A great man is always willing to be little. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#greatness #humbleness #humility #modesty #size

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#modesty #arrogance

Now. Now, Annwyl. No need to curtsy. A simple nod of your head and absolute worship will be more than enough. ↗

— G.A. Aiken

#worship

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#being #continues #earns #example #for example

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#between #conceit #delicate #delicate balance #modesty

The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time. ↗

— David Byrne

#includes #me #modest #most #musicians

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head. ↗

— David Byrne

#cycling #day #depending #faster #head

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#among #every #found #greatest #himself

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

— Confucius

#exceeds #his #man #modest #speech