Modesty Quotes

412 quotes by 301 authors

Thatâ€™s why an artist must be a warrior and, like all warriors, artists over time acquire modesty and humility. They may, some of them, conduct… — Steven Pressfield
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. — Emile de Girardin
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager… — Frederic William Maitland
Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can… — Harriet Martineau
It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness. — Ninon de L'Enclos
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage. — Cyrus the Great
Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it. — Ibn Majah
Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more. — Linda Chavez
Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion. — Major Taylor
The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with… — Antoine Rivarol
No truly great person ever thought themselves so. — William Hazlitt
Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it. — William Shakespeare
That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind. — Frank Moore Colby
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by… — William Hazlitt
We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them. — William Shakespeare
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune. — Mary Wortley Montagu
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. — Mark Twain
Ornaments were invented by modesty. — Joseph Joubert
Modesty forbids what the law does not. — Seneca the Younger

Who Wrote These Modesty Quotes

301 authors contributed a total of 412 Modesty Quotes, led by these top contributors: