Converses Quote by Richard Steele

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.

— Jules Renard

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

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

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

To be modest means that you have something to be modest about.

— Grace Paley

“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

A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.

— Anonymous

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

— E. W. Howe