Quotes about Modesty

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. Votes: 6

Modesty forbids what the law does not. Votes: 5

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. Votes: 5

Modesty is the color of virtue. Votes: 4

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. Votes: 4

Modesty is not one of my virtues. Votes: 4

Modesty is the conscience of the body. Votes: 4

Modesty forbids what the law does not. Votes: 4

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Votes: 4

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. Votes: 4

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. Votes: 4

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. Votes: 4

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself. Votes: 4

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. Votes: 4

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. Votes: 4

Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out. Votes: 4

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. Votes: 4

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world. Votes: 4

Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman. Votes: 4

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others. Votes: 4

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will. Votes: 4

Modesty be damned! Votes: 3

Modesty should accompany youth. Votes: 3

Modesty is my best quality. Votes: 3

Modesty and chastity are twins Votes: 3

Modesty is the highest elegance Votes: 3

Modesty died when clothes were born. Votes: 3

Modesty is humility expressed in dress. Votes: 3

Great Modesty often hides great Merit. Votes: 3

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth. Votes: 3

Modesty is the key to success Votes: 3

Modesty is the citadel of beauty. Votes: 3

Modesty and dew love the shade. Votes: 3

Modesty was made for the ugly. Votes: 3

Modesty needs to come from the heart. Votes: 3

Modesty is policy, no less than virtue. Votes: 3

Modesty is a noble expression of honesty Votes: 3

Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy. Votes: 3

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour. Votes: 3

Modesty is of no use to a beggar. Votes: 3

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour. Votes: 3

Modesty is the proof that morality is sexy. Votes: 3

Modesty is a diamond setting to female beauty. Votes: 3

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return. Votes: 3

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion. Votes: 3

Modesty becomes a young man. [Lat., Adolescentem verecundum esse decet.] Votes: 3

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. Votes: 3

Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public. Votes: 3

And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever. Votes: 3

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more. Votes: 3

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Votes: 3

Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance! Votes: 3

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. Votes: 3

Modesty is the artifice of actors, similar to passion in call girls. Votes: 3

Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Votes: 3

Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why. Votes: 3

Modesty in an actor is as fake as passion in a call girl. Votes: 3

Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. Votes: 3

Modesty in women has two special advantages,--it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness. Votes: 3

Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it. Votes: 3

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked. Votes: 3

Modesty is the graceful, calm virtue of maturity; bashfulness the charm of vivacious youth. Votes: 3

Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority. Votes: 3

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by. Votes: 3

Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it. Votes: 3

Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity. Votes: 3

Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes. Votes: 3

Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels. Votes: 3

I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person. Votes: 3

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth. Votes: 3

Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body. Votes: 3

Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will. Votes: 3

Shine without guilt. Modesty was invented by the mediocres who think you should be the same as them. Votes: 3

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside. Votes: 3

Inspirational Quotes on: Honesty, Simplicity, Secret, Universe, Modesty, Peace Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Votes: 3

Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps. Votes: 3

I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm. Votes: 3

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success. Votes: 3

Modesty and reverence are no less virtues of freemen than the democratic feeling which will submit neither to arrogance nor to servility. Votes: 3

Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have ... Votes: 3

Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself. Votes: 3

Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor. Votes: 3

Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.' Votes: 3

Modesty is invisibility... Never forget it. To be seen - to be seen - is to be... penetrated. What you must be girls, is impenetrable. Votes: 3

Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute. Votes: 3

O Woman - Allah has made you the Queen of Piety and Modesty, Don't belittle yourself to be the slave of unlawful admiration and mortal fame & fortune. Votes: 3

Chastity prays for me, piety sings, Innocence sweetens my last black breath, Modesty hides my thighs in her wings, And all the deadly virtues plague my death! Votes: 3

The allure of immodesty is not in what is seen but what is not seen. Modesty issues a challenge for one man to romantically earn your virtue. Votes: 3

He slowed down a bit more. "Gaia, how do you know these things?" She shrugged. "I'm smart." "And modest, too." "Modesty is a waste of time," she pronounced. "I'll keep that in mind. Votes: 3

Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it means decent, seemly. The opposite of modesty is conceit, boldness, immodesty, brazenness, lewdness. Votes: 3

Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the meek, the meek do not inherit the Earth, they serve those who are self confident and self assertive. Votes: 3

Trace Science, then, with Modesty thy guide, First strip off all her equipage of Pride, Deduct what is but Vanity or Dress, Or Learning's Luxury or idleness, Or tricks, to show the stretch of the human brain Mere curious pleasure or ingenious pain. Votes: 3

Modesty was designed by Providence as a guard to virtue, and that it might be always at hand it is wrought into the mechanism of the body. It is likewise proportioned to the occasions of life, and strongest in youth when passion is so too. Votes: 3

The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it are openly scoffed at-marriage and parenthood ridiculed as burdensome, unnecessary. Modesty, a virtue of a refined individual or society, is all but gone. Votes: 3

I grew up in South Jamaica, Queens, in New York. My parents were very religious churchgoing people. They were very strict. I was never really allowed to indulge in anything vain. Modesty always. I have three brothers and two sisters, so everything was on a budget. Votes: 3

Modesty and taste are questions of latitude and education; the more people know,--the more their ideas are expanded by travel, experience, and observation,--the less easily they are shocked. The narrowness and bigotry of women are the result of their circumscribed sphere of thought and action. Votes: 3

Nor do we accept, as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament. Votes: 3

Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager. Votes: 3

Honor modesty more than your life. Votes: 2

Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty. Votes: 2

False modesty can be worse than arrogance. Votes: 2

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. Votes: 2

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. Votes: 2

Extreme vanity sometimes hides under the garb of ultra modesty. Votes: 2

The girl who chooses to be modest, chooses to be respected. Votes: 2

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them. Votes: 2

Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty. Votes: 2

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person Votes: 2

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. Votes: 2

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness. Votes: 2

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. Votes: 2

I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it. Votes: 2

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man. Votes: 2

If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. Votes: 2

Nothing is worse than a beautiful girl fishing for compliments by saying how gross she is. On the flip side, I find genuine humility and modesty attractive. Votes: 2

'Sex' is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other. Votes: 2

Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there? Votes: 2

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist. Votes: 2

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance. Votes: 2

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. Votes: 2

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. Votes: 2

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Votes: 2

Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their modesty away, you would think if they ever went to the political pole, they would have to take their dignity and modesty and throw 'em against the pole, and go without any all the rest of their lives. Votes: 2

Love knows nothing of modesty. Votes: 0

His modesty amounts to deformity. Votes: 0

Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. Votes: 0

Ornaments were invented by modesty. Votes: 0

If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism. Votes: 0

Blushes are the rainbow of modesty. Votes: 0

What is modesty but inverted pride? Votes: 0

To the devil with false modesty. Votes: 0

False modesty is better than none. Votes: 0

Diffidence is a sort of false modesty. Votes: 0

There is a proud modesty in merit. Votes: 0

Not stepping over the bounds of modesty. Votes: 0

The thunder of false modesty was deafening. Votes: 0

Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness. Votes: 0

I prefer honest arrogance to hypocritical modesty. Votes: 0

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty. Votes: 0

Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit. Votes: 0

Of lies, false modesty is the most decent. Votes: 0

What is beauty, but an extension of modesty? Votes: 0

Great is the strife between beauty and modesty. Votes: 0

Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence. Votes: 0

True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty. Votes: 0

Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation. Votes: 0

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. Votes: 0

Pastime passing excellent, if it he husbanded with modesty. Votes: 0

When modesty has once perished, it will never revive. Votes: 0

The darts of love are blunted by maiden modesty. Votes: 0

A false modesty is the meanest species of pride. Votes: 0

In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness. Votes: 0

I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty. Votes: 0

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. Votes: 0

Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is. Votes: 0

We must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. Votes: 0

Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound. Votes: 0

In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines. Votes: 0

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty. Votes: 0

Larry Summers is to modesty what Madonna is to Chastity. Votes: 0

If guys practiced self-control, 'modesty' wouldn't be such a huge deal. Votes: 0

Excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation. Votes: 0

Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it. Votes: 0

False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie. Votes: 0

It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty. Votes: 0

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty. Votes: 0

The earth is large and old enough to teach us modesty. Votes: 0

Generally speaking, the greater a woman's beauty, the greater her modesty. Votes: 0

Only when painting isn't painting can there be an affront to modesty. Votes: 0

Love, forgiveness, modesty, humility and gratitude are most important virtues in life. Votes: 0

Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty. Votes: 0

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty. Votes: 0

True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable. Votes: 0

Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty. Votes: 0

Can it be chat modesty may more betray Our sense than woman's lightness? Votes: 0

Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. Votes: 0

The pride of woman, natural to her, never sleeps until modesty is gone. Votes: 0

How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is. Votes: 0

Have you heard that modesty is an attractive traits? Only to ugly people Votes: 0

He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander. Votes: 0

I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude. Votes: 0

The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. Votes: 0

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty. Votes: 0

I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you? Votes: 0

By God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own modesty. Votes: 0

We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty. Votes: 0

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame. Votes: 0

A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty. Votes: 0

I possess every good quality, but the one that distinguishes me above all is modesty. Votes: 0

I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so. Votes: 0

Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty, and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head. Votes: 0

You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time. Votes: 0

In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness. Votes: 0

Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself. Votes: 0

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive. Votes: 0

Avoid failing, not only against purity, but even against the least rules of an exact modesty. Votes: 0

Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But secrecy and modesty are two utterly different things. Votes: 0

What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? Votes: 0

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. Votes: 0

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. Votes: 0

Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty. Votes: 0

There is a sad forgetfulness of Christian modesty, especially in the life and dress of women. Votes: 0

Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise. Votes: 0

But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. Votes: 0

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. Votes: 0

The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. Votes: 0

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady. Votes: 0

Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it. Votes: 0

As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty. Votes: 0

Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent. Votes: 0

Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.' Votes: 0

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. Votes: 0

You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation. Votes: 0

False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others. Votes: 0

True happiness cannot not be achieved through wealth, fame or action, But through love, modesty and self satisfaction. Votes: 0

Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind. Votes: 0

True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them. Votes: 0

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. Votes: 0

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. Votes: 0

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. Votes: 0

The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure. Votes: 0

Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism. Votes: 0

Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor. Votes: 0

I think that few people are aware how early it is right to respect the modesty of an infant. Votes: 0

Love and meekness, lord, Become a churchman better than ambition: Win straying souls with modesty again, Cast none away. Votes: 0

Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been. Votes: 0

I have huge legs, and I never show them - not because of false modesty, I'm just not comfortable. Votes: 0

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. Votes: 0

Gaming is the destruction of all decorum; the prince forgets at it his dignity, and the lady her modesty. Votes: 0

To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty. Votes: 0

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks. Votes: 0

In the modesty of fearful duty, I read as much as from the rattling tongue of saucy and audacious eloquence. Votes: 0

Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know Votes: 0

One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility. Votes: 0

Confidence, as opposed, to modesty and distinguished from decent assurance, proceeds from self-opinion, and is occasioned by ignorance and flattery. Votes: 0

Don't allow false modesty,doubts or unbelief prevent you from accepting God's favor. The door of mercy stands wide open. Votes: 0

The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons. Votes: 0

We did not lack modesty"”on the contrary"”but something urgently drove us to defy modesty together as immodestly as possible. Votes: 0

Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them. Votes: 0

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty. Votes: 0

It is a little learning, and but a little, which makes men conclude hastily. Experience and humility teach modesty and fear. Votes: 0

It's a great lesson in modesty that you realize you're illiterate in a field that you think you're an expert in. Votes: 0

At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement. Votes: 0

'Infidel' is a term of reproach, which Christians and Mohammedans, in their modesty, agree to apply to those who differ from them. Votes: 0

Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. Votes: 0

Infidel' is a term of reproach, which Christians and Mohammedans, in their modesty, agree to apply to those who differ from them. Votes: 0

Assurance and intrepidity, under the white banner of seeming modesty, clear the way to merit that would otherwise be discouraged by difficulties. Votes: 0

He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.] Votes: 0

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it. Votes: 0

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty. Votes: 0

Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you. Votes: 0

Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man. Votes: 0

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty. Votes: 0

If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader. Votes: 0

No American worth his salt should go around looking for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a not unreasonable opinion. Votes: 0

In all modesty, my summing up of 1955-6 and 1956-7 must be that no club in the country could live with Manchester United. Votes: 0

The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men. Votes: 0

He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction; he had on the contrary an engaging modesty. Votes: 0

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage. Votes: 0

I understood, by dint of digging into my memories, that modesty helped me to shine, humility helped me to triumph and virtue to oppress. Votes: 0

To say less of yourself than is true is stupidity, not modesty. To pay yourself less than you are worth is cowardice and pusillanimity. Votes: 0

I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty. Votes: 0

Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility. Votes: 0

You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the world needs. Votes: 0

True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less. Votes: 0

The beauty of modesty ... a virtue the world doesn't have much truck with: one ordinary flower in a vase, as opposed to a bouquet. Votes: 0

That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty. Votes: 0

With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face. Votes: 0

As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far. Votes: 0

My modesty has prevented me from declaring from the house top that the message of non-co-operation, nonviolence and swadeshi is a message to the world. Votes: 0

We are much mistaken if we think that men are always brave from a principle of valor, or women chaste from a principle of modesty. Votes: 0

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes. Votes: 0

There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French woman a propriety. Votes: 0

Knowledge is a matter of science and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible. What is required is definitely the reverse - honesty and modesty. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Jealousy isn't a pleasant quality, but if it isn't overdone (and if it's combined with modesty), apart from its inconvenience there's even something touching about it. Votes: 0

The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy. Votes: 0

The modesty of women, which, in its most primitive form among animals, is based on sexual periodicity, is, with that periodicity, an essential condition of courtship. Votes: 0

The magnificently humble. The enormously small. The meaningfully ridiculous. Robert Walser's work often reads like a dazzling answer to the question, How immense can modesty be? Votes: 0

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves. Votes: 0

Consider an achievement accidental if it is not coupled with modesty. Because if the achiever had endeavoured for it, it would certainly have killed their pride. Votes: 0

In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment. Votes: 0

Teach your children to work, teach your daughters modesty, teach all the virtue of economy. And if not make them saints, at least make them Christians. Votes: 0

Well, when I was six years old I decided, not that I was going to be, but with my usual modesty, that I was a writer. Votes: 0

I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty; I want to see your enthusiasm. Votes: 0

How beautiful is modesty! It winneth upon all beholders; but a word or a glance may destroy the pure love that should have been for thee. Votes: 0

It rarely adds anything to say, 'In my opinion' - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope. Votes: 0

It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope. Votes: 0

A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption. Votes: 0

If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride. Votes: 0

In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don't.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous exception to the rule. Votes: 0

Did she know the inexpressible charm of modesty, how irresistibly it enthralls the heart of man, how firmly it charms him to the throne of beauty" Votes: 0

Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a delicately calculated spontaneity are in winning what they want. Votes: 0

Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion of a star. Votes: 0

Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty. Votes: 0

The trend towards pure art betrays not arrogance, as is often thought, but modesty. Art that has rid itself of human pathos is a thing without consequence.. Votes: 0

We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversation, and all similar actions. Votes: 0

To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy teaches us caution on this subject. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will judge them and say, 'The state of yer man, he thinks he's great,' or whatever. Votes: 0

Science offends the modesty of all real women. It makes them feel as though it were an attempt to peek under their skin--or, worseyet, under their dress and ornamentation! Votes: 0

When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political intrigues, their modesty must suffer. Votes: 0

A girl's modesty is first noted by her external presentation, but if it's not followed by the confidence of internal modesty, she still forfeits the power of her virtue. Votes: 0

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally meets with as many patrons as beholders. Votes: 0

To Islamize doesn't make sense to me. But to center, but to have intellectual empathy and modesty - all these dimensions are important on how we look at truth. Votes: 0

I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they are always looking forward and seldom back. Votes: 0

Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other. Votes: 0

No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress. Votes: 0

Some of the most frantic lies on the face of life are told with modesty and restraint; for the simple reason that only modesty and restraint will save them. Votes: 0

The poem is at last between two persons instead of two pages. In all modesty, I confess that it may be the death of literature as we know it. Votes: 0

Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success. Votes: 0

Things that are in "bad taste" are often renegade and rebellious. They go against the status quo, and the laws of decorum and modesty. And that can be really thrilling. Votes: 0

Authentic love always assumes the mystery of modesty, even in its expression, because actions speak louder than words. Unlike a feigned love, it feels no need to set a conflagration. Votes: 0

Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility the characteristics of such men. Votes: 0

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty Votes: 0

No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one. Votes: 0

I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute. It's a learned affectation. Votes: 0

One day, a daughter of Aristotle, Pythias by name, was asked what color pleased her most. She replied, "The color with which modesty suffuses the face of simple, inoffensive men. Votes: 0

The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see or break through its slender disguises. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Original love never appears in pure form, but in manifold veils and shapes, such as confidence, humility, reverence, serenity, asfaithfulness and modesty, as gratefulness; but primarily as longing and wistful melancholy. Votes: 0

It seems that the days of public modesty and concern about how we look are far from us. I will not say they are gone forever, in culture nothing is forever. Votes: 0

The first of all virtues is innocence; the next is modesty. If we banish modesty out of the world, she carries away with her half the virtue that is in it. Votes: 0

To speak less of oneself than what one really is, is folly, not modesty; and to take that for current pay which is under a man's value, is pusillanimity and cowardice. Votes: 0

If you lose your integrity, you will also lose your identity, your sensitivity and your dignity. Integrity is honesty, modesty and security in all kinds of weather. It should be our priority! Votes: 0

...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a husband, than all the wit and beauty in the world. Votes: 0

One of the problems with sex education... is that it also strips kids - especially girls - of their modesty to have every detail of anatomy, physiology and condom usage made explicit. Votes: 0

For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people. Votes: 0

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist." Votes: 0

The daughter-in-law of Pythagoras said that a woman who goes to bed with a man ought to lay aside her modesty with her skirt, and put it on again with her petticoat Votes: 0

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues. Votes: 0

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers. Votes: 0

Motivational Quotes on: Honesty, Success, Kind There was a tremendous modesty in the man as he spoke, a quietness and dignity. There was a simplicity and honesty and unselfconsciousness, and a tremendous peace. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman. Votes: 0

It is often the case with a new idea that when it comes knocking on society's door with modesty and the best premises for its existence, there is a tremendous outcry from inside. Votes: 0

I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade-or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere. Votes: 0

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! Votes: 0

They may seize On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin. Votes: 0

The convention missionaries call "modesty" has no standard, and cannot have one, because it is opposed to nature and reason and is therefore an artificiality and subject to anybody's whim - anybody's diseased caprice. Votes: 0

Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.... Votes: 0

The more we cling to virtues like humility, selflessness, modesty, and purity, the more beautiful we become - not only in His eyes, but also in the eyes of others. You can't airbrush that. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it is scarcely found except in the greatest, or in beggars. Votes: 0

Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex - not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty. Votes: 0

Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face. Votes: 0

I do not play games, but always just say what's on my mind. Ostentatious modesty - for fools. If a man afraid of your honesty, it means that he is not the one you need. Votes: 0

Abundance is an expansion of energy. Abundance is a form of gratitude, a generosity, a modesty, a bow toward others - what we can give, what we can share, rather than what we can take. Votes: 0

I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly accomplished for modesty to be natural of any other woman. Votes: 0

I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere. Votes: 0