Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women…

And Dorothea..she had no dreams of being praised above other women. Feeling that there was always something better which she might have done if…

— George Eliot

It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Your heart is modest. Your mind is honest. I intend to stay for the longest.

— Raghib Clitso

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

— Maya Angelou

Im not Superman. So I cant say anything big like Ill protect everyone on Earth. Im not a modest guy who will say its…

— Anonymous

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.

— Alex Kapranos

“Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear. . .…

— Bill Bryson

“Modesty is good. But take your credit. You can't always count on other people to offer it.”

— Alex Irvine

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of…

— Charles Williams

Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for…

— Pio of Pietrelcina

Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. We need it for jobs. Yet…

— Nam June Paik

Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

— Oliver Herford

“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice…

— Euripides

It's a great lesson in modesty that you realize you're illiterate in a field that you think you're an expert in.

— Wim Wenders