Modesty Quotes

412 quotes by 301 authors

Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty. — Louisa May Alcott
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. — Confucius
If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism. — Mason Cooley
A great man is always willing to be little. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no… — Arthur Helps
I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it. — Ernest Hemingway
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. — Oliver Herford
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them. — E. W. Howe
Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville. — Jesse Jackson
Modesty is not one of my virtues. — Alan King
Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.' — Karl Lagerfeld
Fashions fade, style is eternal. — Yves Saint Laurent
I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. — Yves Saint Laurent
No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in… — William Law
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by. — Andre Maurois
False modesty can be worse than arrogance. — David Mitchell
Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. — Roger Moore
This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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