Motivational Quotes

Modesty

Modesty is the beauty of women.

- Proverb, Gaelic

Best Quotes about Modesty

When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Modesty; the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Herford, Oliver

Ornaments were invented by modesty.

Joubert, Joseph

Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs.

Makris, Steve G.

Modesty forbids what the law does not.

Seneca

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Franklin, Benjamin

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

Gibran, Kahlil

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Hazlitt, William

She just wore enough for modesty; no more!

Buchanan, Robert

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Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

Jackson, Jesse

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If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.

Du Bois, William E. B.

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He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about.

Churchill, Winston

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Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.

Proverb, Jewish

14.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

Horace

15.

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet.

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley

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Be smart, but never show it.

Mayer, Louis B

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Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

Girardin, Madame de

18.

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help

Manners, Miss

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I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty. But I am too busy thinking about myself.

Sitwell, Dame Edith

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Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.

Steele, Sir Richard

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No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley

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

Bruyere, Jean De La

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Act as though you cannot fail but keep a humble spirit.

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Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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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.

Alcott, Louisa May

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Modesty is the color of virtue.

Diogenes of Sinope

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That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

Colby, Frank Moore

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Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.

Martineau, Harriet

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It's always well to be the smartest thinker, but is won't get you very far unless you're the plainest talker.

30.

I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.

Hemingway, Ernest

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Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.

Mandeville, Bernard

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Modesty is the beauty of women.

Proverb, Gaelic

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Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it.

Shakespeare, William

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So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

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No truly great person ever thought themselves so.