Modesty Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old modesty quotes, modesty sayings, and modesty proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

That is the consolation of a little mind you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind. Frank Moore Colby
The girl who chooses to be modest chooses to be respected. Howard W. Hunter
Modesty is my best quality. Jack Benny
Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out. Jean De La Bruyere
Modesty is not only an ornament but also a guard to virtue. Joseph Addison
Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it. Joseph Addison
You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are. Juan Manuel Fangio
It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. Judith Martin
It is easy for somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody. Jules Renard
Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. Jules Renard
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Lord Chesterfield
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence. Napoleon Hill
The way a woman carries herself and the way she dresses ought to promote the following types of words: modesty, discretion, wisdom, beauty, elegance and refinement, but not sensuality, luxury, extravagance. Paul Washer
Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty. Rain
Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pout; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes. Richard Steele
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. Saint Ambrose
The power of modesty is so great that a tender woman betrays herself with her lover rather by deeds than by words. Stendhal
You must have the modesty of saying, this is a bloody good idea but I probably won't believe it in five years' time. Stuart Hall
Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why. Wendy Shalit