Quotes About Modesty

Around World War II, we were proud as a people but modest as individuals.

Around World War II, we were proud as a people but modest as individuals. Fewer than two people in ten said yes when asked, Are you a very important person? Today, more than six in ten say yes. Where we once thought ourselves collectively strong, we now regard ourselves as individually entitled.

Around World War II, we were proud as a people but modest as individuals. Fewer than two people in ten said yes when asked, Are you a very important person? Today, more than six in ten say yes.

The Flower that smells the sweetest is Shy and Lowly.

From heart-experience, and in humblest sense Of Modesty, that he, who in his youth A daily wanderer among woods and fields With living Nature hath been intimate, Not only in that raw unpractised time Is stirred to ecstasy, as others are, By glittering verse but further, doth receive, In measure only dealt out to himself, Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets.

Bible: "Don't think of yourself [or climb] more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you" (Romans

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

The English certainly and fiercely pride themselves in never praising themselves.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage. For in the very nature of things, success tends to create pride and blindness in the hearts of men, while suffering teaches them to be patient and strong.

self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.

I made my people understand the crucial difference between modesty and self-control. The modest person, I told them, will do nothing blameworthy in the light of day, but a true paragon of self-control—which we all should strive to be—avoids unworthy actions even in the deepest secrecy of his private life.

You shouldn't gloat about anything you've done; you ought to keep going and find something better to do.

Being a hero, I guess, is a quiet thing.

The difference between men and women is this—if you catch a woman butt-naked, she tries to cover the private parts with her hands. A man will sit there just like you found him even if he doesn't have much to be proud of.

Our audacity must be rooted in our humility.

Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!

Humility is not weakness but a quality of strength.

Be not proud of your intelligence. Be simple, wise, and humble.

Small fruit is better than big words.

Pride leads to down fall o f man.

Vanity degrades your soul whereas modesty strengthen it

Thinking small is not humility.

The one who truly sacrifices the most is usually the one who talks about it the least

Be knowledgeable but humble. Be wise and simple.