A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty. — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The impudence of the sinner displeases God as much as the modesty of the penitent gives him pleasure. — Saint Bernard Copy Share Image
I'll tell you something about Glenn McGrath - he was a much better bowler than me. This is not false modesty. — James Anderson Copy Share Image
It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.' — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French… — Hippolyte Taine Copy Share Image
“Modesty means that you insist that men delight in you at the right time and in the right place and in the… — Andrew M. Greeley Copy Share Image
It rarely adds anything to say, 'In my opinion' - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
But by no manner of means are women to be allotted to uncover and exhibit any part of their person, lest both… — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
After mature deliberation of counsel, the good Queen to establish a rule and immutable example unto all posterity, for the moderation and… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
In late marriage alone lies the compulsion to retain an institution which, twist and turn as you like, is and remains a… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“You have still to learn,’ said Jasper, ‘that modesty helps a man in no department of modern life. People take you at… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
I do not play games, but always just say what's on my mind. Ostentatious modesty - for fools. If a man afraid… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it -… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The body should be bedecked naturally and without affectation, with simplicity, with neglect rather than nicety, not with costly and dazzling apparel,… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
I like working on one - camera. This is not false modesty, but I don't think I'm very good at three -… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
“Besides, I'm not going to let you go anywhere alone- you'll have every male in the vicinity pouncing on you." "Don't be… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
There are many agreements across the so-called "world religions," at a certain level of abstraction. But when it comes to applying them… — Kwame Anthony Appiah Copy Share Image
Parents and leaders should give early help to the blase girl who is often overpainted and underdressed. She is the picture of… — Mark E. Petersen Copy Share Image
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was… — Frederic William Maitland Copy Share Image
If the general attitude of Canadians toward their mighty neighbor to the south could be distilled into a single phrase, that phrase… — Bruce McCall Copy Share Image
“Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear.… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
There is a lot of talk in conservative circles about judicial modesty and deferring to the political branches. That view of judging… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
