Modesty Quotes

412 quotes by 301 authors

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. — Roald Dahl
there is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we all felt an… — Randa Abdel-Fattah
To recognize our bias toward error should teach us modesty and reflection, and to forgive it should help us avoid the inhumanity of thinking we… — Marilynne Robinson
Modesty is only arrogance by stealth. — Terry Pratchett
To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty. — Eliezer Yudkowsky
I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so. — Erik Satie
There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lendâ€” An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes,… — Jean de La Fontaine
Have more than you show, Speak less than you know. — William Shakespeare
Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually they are possessive… — Pope Benedict XVI
With this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both… — William Shakespeare
Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.' — Maya Angelou
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and… — Thomas More
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty. — Louis Kronenberger
Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his… — Saint Ambrose
The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure. — Saint Bernard
Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. — Paulo Coelho
Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty. — Rain
Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only… — Nancy Gibbs

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