Charity Quote by Julian Baggini

I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?

— Edward Heath

False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others.

— Tony Dungy

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

— Joseph Addison

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

— Paulo Coelho

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

No hint of genuine charity ameliorates our vision of society, once sentimentalism has been laid side. What passes for cooperation turns out to be…

— Michael Ghiselin

I prefer honest arrogance to hypocritical modesty.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.

— John Henry Newman

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

Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy.

— Remy de Gourmont

In a nation of celebrity worshipers, amid followers of the cult of personality, individual modesty becomes a heroic quality. I find heroism in the…

— Shana Alexander