False Modesty Quotes
There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.
The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, "Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here." I find it vaguely sinister, even.
True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable.
There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving their own names to characters in their novels. False modesty, faugh!
Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others.
One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility.
Don't allow false modesty,doubts or unbelief prevent you from accepting God's favor. The door of mercy stands wide open.
It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work.
I have huge legs, and I never show them - not because of false modesty, I'm just not comfortable.
