Modesty Quotes
Most popular modesty quotes
One is vain by nature, modest by necessity.
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.
Modesty is to merit what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.
Modesty is the clothing of talent.
Generosity always wins favor, particularly when accompanied by modesty.
A modest man is usually admired—if people ever hear of him.
Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.
Strive not with your superior in argument but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.
Of lies, false modesty is the most decent.
Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.
The second sweetest set of three words in English is "I don't know".
I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.
Great artists are modest almost as seldom as they are faithful to their wives.
A whale is harpooned only when it sprouts.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
AN ODE TO MODESTY Talking of successful rackets modesty deserves a mention. Exclamation marks in brackets never fail to draw attention.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing is more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it.
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
