I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all. Vladimir Nabokov
I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm. Jean-Paul Sartre
It well becomes a young man to be modest. Plautus
To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me. David Bowie
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest. Orson Welles
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about. Winston Churchill