You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them. — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
“If men only knew, modesty makes women fall in love faster than all the cock-a-doodling in the world.” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
It rarely adds anything to say, 'In my opinion' - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk,… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
Before judging a person who is provoking stronger and stronger against its passive character towards the world today; first ask yourself if… — Alexander Fennis Copy Share Image
The wisest man could ask no more of fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the many, honored by… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The wearing of costly array is directly opposite to being adorned with good works. Nothing can be more evident than this; for… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
It was modesty that invented the word "philosopher" in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Simplicity The inward reality of single-hearted focus upon God and his kingdom, which results in an outward lifestyle of modesty, openness, and… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“The little respect paid to chastity in the male world is, I am persuaded, the grand source of many of the physical… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
It is often the case with a new idea that when it comes knocking on society's door with modesty and the best… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
To recognize our bias toward error should teach us modesty and reflection, and to forgive it should help us avoid the inhumanity… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Don't allow false modesty,doubts or unbelief prevent you from accepting God's favor. The door of mercy stands wide open. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
I'll tell you something about Glenn McGrath - he was a much better bowler than me. This is not false modesty. — James Anderson Copy Share Image
The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure. — Saint Bernard Copy Share Image
Our clothing, while modest and simple, should be of good quality . . . It should be chosen for durability rather than display. — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by Christian reason and morals. — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
“There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limitations, yes, but don't limit yourself with… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Beware of the person who speaks without modesty because he will always break his promises. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French… — Hippolyte Taine Copy Share Image
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.' — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you? — Edward Heath Copy Share Image
“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Modesty is great, and quietness is nice, but sometimes it's much more fun to be decadent. — Robin Standefer Copy Share Image
“Modesty serves little purpose. Other than to feed one’s insecurities by inviting more praise, that is. I have no need.” — Nick Stephenson Copy Share Image
The allure of immodesty is not in what is seen but what is not seen. Modesty issues a challenge for one man… — Dannah Gresh Copy Share Image
“Modesty alone doesn’t prove a man a hero. But it’s incontrovertible that immodesty makes him a bore.” — Kate Ross Copy Share Image
