Quotes about Modesty

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. But then he has much to be modest about.

Even moderation ought not to be practised to excess.

There are some, however, that know the prejudice of mankind in favour of modest sincerity. The vendor of the beautifying fluid sells a lotion that repels pimples, washes away freckles, smooths the skin, and plumps the flesh; and yet, with a generous abhorrence of ostentation, confesses, that it will not restore the bloom of fifteen to a lady of fifty.

The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows.

Your wisdom should be without pride.

Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.

A holy man isn't aware that he's holy..As soon as we begin to talk about how holy we are, we aren't holy any more.

According to an eastern fable, the rose was white when God created it, but when, as it unfolded, it felt Adam's eyes upon it, it blushed in modesty and turned pink.

The peculiarity of prudery is to place all the more sentinels in proportion as the fortress is the less menaced.

Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it.

In sanctification, there is never, under any circumstances, any room for self-pride or self-praise.