MODESTY

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

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.
Louisa May Alcott

Ornaments were invented by modesty.
Joseph Joubert

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

The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.
Mark Twain

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

Modesty forbids what the law does not.
Seneca

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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

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

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

Modesty is the beauty of women.
Gaelic Proverbs

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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.
Bernard Mandeville

Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it.
William Shakespeare

We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.
William Shakespeare

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.
Madame de Girardin

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

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

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.
William Hazlitt

Be smart, but never show it.
Louis B Mayer

The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

She just wore enough for modesty; no more!
Robert Buchanan

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