modesty Quotes

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.

I've never been the sort of firebrand that I've been made out to be. I'm actually quite a mild person.

It is always better to be slightly underdressed.

I am definitely not rich.

I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower.

Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man's estate.