James Russell Lowell Quotes

Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.

If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

I would rather have honesty and character than prestige and wealth. I can walk and ride the streets of this city, hold my head up, and look all men in the face.

On the whole, it is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Nothing is so essential as dignity…Time will reveal who has it and who has it not.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.

What is left when honor is lost?

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

It is better to be honourable than be honoured.