Accepting Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“The tendency of a person to allow himself to be degraded, robbed, deceived, and exploited might be the diffidence of a God among men.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“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

“Among men who rise to fame and leadership two types are recognizable-those who are born with a belief in themselves and those in whom…

— B.H. Liddell Hart

“What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition and settled upon the organ…

— G.K. Chesterton

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

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

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

— Andre Maurois

Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.

— W. Somerset Maugham

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

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at…

— Anonymous

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of…

— Aristotle