Quotes about Modesty
Christian sisters should not at any time dress extravagantly, but at all times dress as neat, modest, and healthful, as their work will allow.
— Ellen White
Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.
— William Law
Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real
— Thomas Merton
Humility is a virtue, not a neurosis.
— Thomas Merton
Humility is the surest sign of strength.
— Thomas Merton
A man who truly knows himself realizes his own worthlessness, and takes no pleasure in the praises of men.
— Thomas a Kempis
If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it, at any rate, brag.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We grow small trying to be great.
— E Stanley Jones
Be modest in your wants...There is nothing that will cause greater tensions in marriage than grinding debt, which will make of you a slave to your creditors.
— Gordon Hinckley
Millions of people look at the achievements of Henry Ford, after he has arrived, and envy him, because of his good fortune, or luck, or genius, or whatever it is that they credit for Ford's fortune. Perhaps one person in every hundred thousand knows the secret of Ford's success, and those who do know are too modest, or
— Napoleon Hill
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
— John Milton
rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."b
— Tony Evans