Quote:
Originally Posted by PKFFW
Modest - having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
There is nothing vain, egotistical, boastful or pretentious in merely stating ones accomplishments in order to illustrate a point. 
Doing so could only be considered any of the above if one were comparing oneself to others and finding oneself to be better than those compared to.
Of course if one routinely confuses false modesty with true humility then I can understand how stating ones accomplishments might be seen as being boastful and egotistical.
Cheers,
PKFFW |
If you keep rolling your eyes, they're going to stay like that! And cross-eyed won't look all that impressive at the end of that nice list!
- Ahi