Modesty Quotes

“Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.”

“If any word or expression is of such a nature as to raise a blush on the cheek of modesty, it is to be erased.”

“The world is so full of ill-nature, that a person who has any modesty must be naturally rather silent.”

“Modesty isn't about hiding ourselves, it's about revealing our dignity.”

“I don't have a problem with my body. I'm not just going to be coming out with my tits and my ass all the time.”

“Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.”

“Modesty is a guard to virtue, and the recommending quality of every other good endowment.”

“I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.”

“I'm not a big fan of showing my bellybutton. I'm a little more conservative.”

“I don't like to talk about myself. I'm not that interesting.”

“I'm not the type who'll yell about my achievements from the rooftops.”

“Modesty and conscientiousness are qualities which are held in little esteem in this world.”

“To be dumb to others' praise is praiseworthy.”

“Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.”

“Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates.”

“I'm not a big 'me' guy.”

“I believe in modesty for a philosopher.”