Modesty Quotes

412 quotes by 301 authors

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far. — Clarence Day
Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman. — Ezra Taft Benson
None of the adults I knew ever touched in public, much less kneaded each others flesh. — Maureen Howard
People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear… — Vance Havner
True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them. — Augustus William Hare
A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we… — Mata Amritanandamayi
I possess every good quality, but the one that distinguishes me above all is modesty. — Charles Richet
The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which… — Bernard de Mandeville
Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a delicately calculated spontaneity are in winning what… — Thornton Wilder
When entering on new ground we must not be afraid to express even risky ideas so as to stimulate research in all directions. As Priestley… — Claude Bernard
I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty. — Alex Kapranos
I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm. — Jean-Paul Sartre
The thunder of false modesty was deafening. — Sebastian Faulks
The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for women… — Pio of Pietrelcina
The body should be bedecked naturally and without affectation, with simplicity, with neglect rather than nicety, not with costly and dazzling apparel, but with ordinary… — Ambrose
What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? — Horace
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody. — Jules Renard
Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. — Jonathan Swift
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
Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And… — William Shakespeare

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