Sentence examples for modesty contentment from inspiring English sources
The Būstān is entirely in verse (epic metre) and consists of stories aptly illustrating the standard virtues recommended to Muslims (justice, liberality, modesty, contentment) as well as of reflections on the behaviour of dervishes and their ecstatic practices.
Furthermore, the shift from passivity to activity in conceiving the true realities also generates contentment, modesty, and submissiveness along with every other desirable character trait, including reverence for the First Cause.
(Method actors study for years to achieve this kind of understanding.) His Sherman Klump has reserves of modesty and charm, with a mellow bass chuckle that radiates contentment.
Not satisfaction, contentment.
Write like White, in short, and his readers, finding him again and perhaps absorbing in the process something of that steely modesty, may sense as well the uses of patience in waiting to discover what kind of writer will turn up on their page, and finding contentment with that writer's life.
Resist your natural modesty.
