Character Quote by Andre Maurois Download Open image “Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.” — Andre Maurois ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Humility Men Modesty Praise Unselfishness
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued… — William Hazlitt 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 overvalued by… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these,… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise. — George Farquhar Copy Share Image
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
We ought to deal kindly with all, and to manifest those qualities which spring naturally from a heart tender and full of Christian charity;… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
“The paltry character of most men compels the few who have any merit or genius to behave as though they did not know their… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance… — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
“Patience; kindness; generosity; humility; courtesy; unselfishness; good temper; guilelessness; sincerity—these make up the supreme gift, the stature of the perfect man.” — Henry Drummond Copy Share Image
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics… — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
To reason with poorly chosen words is like using a pair of scales with inaccurate weights. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
It is not events and the things one sees and enjoys that produce happiness, but a state of mind which can endow events with… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
One has very little influence upon one's children. Their characters are what they are and one can do nothing to change them. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a stumbling-block... — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
“O mare dragoste nu este de ajuns pentru a lega de tine fiinta pe care o iubesti, daca nu te pricepi sa umpli viata… — André Maurois Copy Share Image
“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game is finished, that the stage… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
It is often said that in prosperity we have many friends, but that we are usually neglected when things go badly. I disagree. Not… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
