Modesty Quotes

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

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

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.

Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'

Modesty forbids what the law does not.

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

Modesty is my best quality.

As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

It rarely adds anything to say, 'In my opinion' - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

Modesty is not one of my virtues.

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.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

Modesty is the color of virtue.

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