Sentence examples for modest courageous from inspiring English sources

But he never leaves anything at that, so he continues, "In the same way as those who say I am thrifty, modest, courageous, tenacious, energetic, consistent, hard-working, taciturn, refined, polite and always merry".

Last week President Obama took modest, but politically courageous, executive actions on guns.

An inspiration and role model, modest in her triumphs and courageous in the face of adversity.

"It was painful," Sister Mary Jean said in an interview in her modest apartment, "but I think it was also courageous to say we're just not going to recruit any more.

The requirement here is modest: ten Republican electors appalled at the prospect of a Trump presidency, and sufficiently courageous to vote accordingly, must be persuaded to do so.

And we have come to expect Labor to take modest steps on social issues that don't push the boundaries too far – it would have been courageous for Labor to support same-sex marriage a decade ago; it is not now.

Courageous frankness?

Emotionally courageous.