Modesty Quotes

We should NEVER judge by appearances.

— Vero Villarreal

Modesty is the color of virtue.

— Anonymous

Modesty is the highest elegance

— Coco Chanel

“Modesty is for the weak.”

— Ralph L. Angelo Jr

A modest man never talks of himself.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Love knows nothing of modesty.

— Honore de Balzac

Honor modesty more than your life.

— Aeschylus

“Modesty belongs to losers.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.

— Linda Chavez

If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.

— Mason Cooley

“breathtakingly lewd exhibition of modesty.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

Modesty is not possible in performance in the Caribbean - and that's wonderful.

— Derek Walcott

A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.

— Edward Gibbon

“Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the unclean.”

— Khalil Gibran

The modest youth somehow knows just what to do for the cameras.

— Mason Cooley

Excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation.

— Francis Bacon

“Modesty be damned, I'm done caring whether other Mormons will be offended by the sight of my midriff.”

— Nicole Hardy

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

— Thomas Huxley

You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.

— Seneca the Younger

True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them.

— Augustus William Hare

“If men only knew, modesty makes women fall in love faster than all the cock-a-doodling in the world.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

It rarely adds anything to say, 'In my opinion' - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you…

— Paul Goodman

“Modesty means that you insist that men delight in you at the right time and in the right place and in the…

— Andrew M. Greeley

Gratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe a new legal work to him] I give the leave, begging only that the inscription…

— Abraham Lincoln

“I'm not modest,' she said last year. 'I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned behavior. But I do pray for humility,…

— Anonymous

Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount…

— Mark E. Petersen

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you…

— Anonymous

Be like a river in generosity and giving help. Be like a sun in tenderness and pity. Be like night when covering…

— Rumi

After mature deliberation of counsel, the good Queen to establish a rule and immutable example unto all posterity, for the moderation and…

— Michel de Montaigne

In late marriage alone lies the compulsion to retain an institution which, twist and turn as you like, is and remains a…

— Adolf Hitler

People seem very arrogant when they say 'I'm right and you're wrong', but in practice we all believe we're right. We have…

— Julian Baggini

It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is…

— Alphonsus Rodriguez

The whole question of pornography seems to me a question of secrecy. Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But secrecy and…

— D. H. Lawrence

Fashion was the only law, pleasure the only pursuit, and the splendour of dress and furniture was the only distinction of the…

— Edward Gibbon

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth onely in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose…

— John Donne

We must be educated in inner human modesty, so we can recognize that we are not, even for a moment, complete as…

— Rudolf Steiner

I have a most peaceable disposition. My desires are for a modest hut, a thatched roof, but a good bed, good food,…

— Heinrich Heine

“The paltry character of most men compels the few who have any merit or genius to behave as though they did not…

— Arthur Schopenhauer