Modesty Quote by William Hazlitt

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

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

— Tony Dungy

What is modesty but inverted pride?

— Chinua Achebe

If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with…

— Will Durant

A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.

— Edward Gibbon

“False modesty is as bad as false pride. Know exactly what you are capable of at any moment, and act accordingly. Any other path…

— Christie Golden

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

— David Mitchell

Pride differs in many things from vanity, and by gradations that never blend, although they may be somewhat indistinguishable. Pride may perhaps be termed…

— Charles Caleb Colton

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 policy, no less than virtue.

— William Gilmore Simms

Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I prefer honest arrogance to hypocritical modesty.

— Frank Lloyd Wright