Modesty Quotes

You speak about modesty and humility. - Dianne Feinstein

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. - Louisa May Alcott

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Without modesty, woman is devoid of beauty and culture. Humility, purity of thought and manners, meekness, surrender to high ideals, sensitivity, sweetness of temper -the peculiar blend of all these qualities is modesty. It is the most invaluable of all jewels for women. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee. - Tom Glazer

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. - Arthur Schopenhauer

Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a delicately calculated spontaneity are in winning what they want. - Thornton Wilder

Who has the kind of qualities that he found in Judge Roberts -- has the integrity and the modesty and the judicial temperament needed to serve the American people well in the highest court in the land. - Scott McClellan