Humility Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“What wild undisturbed corners do you leave within you or within your partner, your children, your parents, your closest friends? What is left respectfully…

— Kathryn Hall

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles…

— Charles Inglis

“All reserve is being sacrificed to titillation. The extremes of passion and suffering are served up to enliven the breakfast table or to lighten…

— Smith III, Ted J

“Vanity degrades your soul whereas modesty strengthen it”

— Mohamed Imdhiyas

“Modesty has, and will remain, an alluring trait because where egoism falters, humility conquers.”

— Andy Paula

“The cynicism of utter solitude is a calvary relieved by insolence.”

— Emil M. Cioran

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

— Delphine de Girardin

“And then there's another snag you keep coming across: such decent and sensible people keep appearing in life, such wise men, and such lovers…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It is often the case with a new idea that when it comes knocking on society's door with modesty and the best premises for…

— Isak Dinesen

“souls should have a pantry, however modest”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“We are, on earth, two distinct races. Those who have need of others, whom others amuse, engage soothe, whom solitude harasses, pains, stupefies, like…

— Guy de Maupassant

This modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in possession of all…

— Benjamin Franklin