Quotes about Modesty

The love of flowers is a consequence of modesty and an accommodation with disappointment. Some things need to go permanently wrong before we can start to admire the stem of a rose or the petals of a bluebell.

Culturally it means a return from the newspaper and the radio to the book, from feverish activity to unhurried leisure, from dispersion to concentration, from sensationalism to reflection, from virtuosity to art, from snobbery to modesty, from extravagance to moderation.

It is much better to take a little every day than some days to abstain wholly and on others to surfeit oneself.

That is, humility should be as much a part of us as the clothes we wear. We wouldn't think of appearing before other people without our clothes. And we shouldn't think of appearing before other people without deliberately clothing ourselves with an attitude of humility.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

Certainly a woman should never disguise the fact that she is a woman. A woman's body is very beautiful.

The more powerful a person truly is, the less they need to promote it. And the stronger a leader is, the less they need to announce it.

Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice behind them, and there is no law but lawlessness, and none join in fear of the gods?

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Stated to a running back after an overly exuberant display of celebration: Next time you make a touchdown act like you've been there before.

True humility is not in the absence of confidence but strength restrained.

Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.