Modesty Quotations | Page 2

Modesty is not one of my virtues.

Discourse may want an animated "No"To brush the surface, and to make it flow;But still remember, if you mean to please,To press your point with modesty and ease.

Honor modesty more than your life.

An excess of modesty is in fact an excess of pride, and more hurtful to the individual, and less advantageous to society, than the grossest and most unblushing vanity.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men.

Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.

Generally speaking, the greater a woman's beauty, the greater her modesty.

I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.