Only when painting isn't painting can there be an affront to modesty. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz. — Alfred Nobel Copy Share Image
So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will judge them and say, 'The state of yer man, he… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
Inspirational Quotes on: Honesty, Simplicity, Secret, Universe, Modesty, Peace Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world… — Barbara Cartland Copy Share Image
Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will. — Lactantius Copy Share Image
I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“False modesty is as bad as false pride. Know exactly what you are capable of at any moment, and act accordingly. Any… — Christie Golden Copy Share Image
Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their modesty away, you would think if they ever went to the political… — Marietta Holley Copy Share Image
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the… — Akhenaton Copy Share Image
Be not too great a niggard in the commendations of him that professes thy own quality: if he deserve thy praise, thou… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
“Modesty is a learned adaptation. It’s stuck on like decals. As soon as life slams a modest person against the wall, that… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
They may seize On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct. Let modesty be compassion,… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue -… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
True piety admits no other rule than that whatsoever things have been faithfully received from our fathers the same are to be… — Vincent of Lerins Copy Share Image
“I laboured hard at my book, without allowing it to interfere with the punctual discharge of my newspaper duties; and it came… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Alex was right in front of the mantel now, bent forward, his nose mere inches from a picture of me. "Oh,God. Don't… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous;… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perfumes are the feelings of flowers, and as the human heart, imagining itself alone and unwatched, feels most deeply in the night-time,… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
The best makeup is a smile. The best jewelry is modesty. The best clothing is confidence. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
No American worth his salt should go looking around for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a not unreasonable… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Life humbles the rich by giving them problems that money can’t resolve, or, dissolve.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight… — Iain Glen Copy Share Image
It is a little learning, and but a little, which makes men conclude hastily. Experience and humility teach modesty and fear. — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Modesty in woman is a virtue most deserving, since we do all we can to cure her of it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
