Motivational Quotes

Modesty

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

- Franklin, Benjamin

Best Quotes about Modesty

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Rostand, Jean

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

Colby, Frank Moore

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

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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

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

Gibran, Kahlil

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

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

Horace

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

10.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

Hazlitt, William

11.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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Modesty forbids what the law does not.

Seneca

13.

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

Manners, Miss

14.

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

Churchill, Winston

15.

Ornaments were invented by modesty.

Joubert, Joseph

16.

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

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley

17.

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

Makris, Steve G.

18.

Be smart, but never show it.

Mayer, Louis B

19.

There's a lot to be said for the fellow who doesn't say it himself.

Switzer, Maurice

20.

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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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 chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

Girardin, Madame de

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

Howe, Edgar Watson

24.

The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

25.

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

Jackson, Jesse

26.

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

Steele, Sir Richard

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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

29.

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

Herford, Oliver

30.

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

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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

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

Proverb, Jewish

36.

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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He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.