Quotes about Modesty
We must be brought to a place where, naturally gifted though we may be, we dare not speak except in conscious and continual dependence on Him.
- Watchman Nee
If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Evangelical theology is modest theology, because it is determined to be so by its object, that is, by him who is its subject.
- Karl Barth
Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.
- Thomas a Kempis
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt
It is the small men and not the great who hold their noses in the air.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Humility is the light of understanding.
- John Bunyan
Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.
- Joyce Meyer
Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.
- Ignatius of Loyola
Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
- Cicero