Modesty Quotes · Page 15

Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels.

— Walter Savage Landor

Put your heart in He then put your heart in me. Together, forever, we shall believe.

— Raghib Clitso

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.

— Jules Renard

My modesty has prevented me from declaring from the house top that the message of non-co-operation, nonviolence and swadeshi is a message…

— Mahatma Gandhi

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank…

— Bruce Barton

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the…

— Debbie Ford

Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But secrecy and modesty are two utterly different things.

— D. H. Lawrence

As those that pull down private houses adjoining to the temples of the gods, prop up such parts as are contiguous to…

— Plutarch

Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The…

— St. Jerome

There is an initial modesty in Liberalism. Liberalism was not originally a doctrine of "man is the king." No, it was a…

— Slavoj Žižek

Without modesty, woman is devoid of beauty and culture. Humility, purity of thought and manners, meekness, surrender to high ideals, sensitivity, sweetness…

— Sathya Sai Baba

There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest…

— Jean de La Fontaine

It is often found that modesty and humility not only do no good, but are positively hurtful, when they are shown to…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

I have a supermarket full of ideas and the challenge is how many ideas can I get in my cart before I'm…

— George Lucas

We will unconditionally worship Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, partly because we approve of their well-mannered modesty. They are non-threatening, good hearted…

— Barkha Dutt

Shine without guilt. Modesty was invented by the mediocres who think you should be the same as them.

— Paulo Coelho

Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.

— Noah Webster

I possess every good quality, but the one that distinguishes me above all is modesty.

— Charles Richet

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

— Anonymous

Avoid failing, not only against purity, but even against the least rules of an exact modesty.

— Paul of the Cross

Nothing can ever overcome that one enormous sex (female) superiority that even the male child is born closer to his mother than…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.

— Yasuhiro Konishi

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.

— Julian Baggini

Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

If you want to be treated like a lady, quit dressing like a hoe but dress like a lady.

— Tony Nguyen

As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.

— Wilfred Burchett

“There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.”

— Anonymous

Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even…

— Milan Kundera

Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.

— Elisabeth Elliot

Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.

— Jean de la Bruyere

“Indeed the impracticality of the burka marginalizes its wearers, and a society that allows such marginalization risks being perceived as dysfunctional.”

— Farzana Hassan

You were created as a masterpiece and you are one of God's expressions of beauty. Short, tall, thin, thick, freckles, big eyes,…

— Dannah Gresh

“As Victorian-era prudishness set in, some upstanding citizens also took to putting coverlets over the instrument’s legs out of an exaggerated sense…

— Stuart Isacoff

“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.”

— Albert Einstein

“Young things like you don't need any ornaments but those you wear to-night: youth, health, intelligence, and modesty.”

— Louisa May Alcott

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it.

— Joseph Addison

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

— Paulo Coelho

I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the…

— Maya Angelou

Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.

— Adam Grant