Fear Quote by Jeremy Taylor

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

“Modesty is a reflex, arising naturally to help a woman protect her hopes and guide their fulfillment -specifically, this hope for one man. (...)…

— Wendy Shalit

But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard…

— Laozi

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

— Francois Guizot

Simplicity of manner is the last attainment. Men are very long afraid of being natural, from the dread of being taken for ordinary.

— Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

“Modesty means that you insist that men delight in you at the right time and in the right place and in the right way…

— Andrew M. Greeley

“Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction where it was never meant to be. A…

— G. K. Chesterton

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

— Paulo Coelho

Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

— Nicolas Chamfort

Humility can weep over other men's weaknesses, and joy and rejoice over their graces.

— Thomas Brooks

“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