Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty — Jean De La Bruyere 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
Justice is a moral virtue, merely because it has that tendency to the good of mankind, and indeed is nothing but an… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Fight against yourself, recover yourself to decency, to modesty, to freedom. And, in the first place, condemn your actions; but when you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If the Lord counts the natural beauty of the body inferior to that of the soul, what thinks He of spurious beauty,… — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Abundance is an expansion of energy. Abundance is a form of gratitude, a generosity, a modesty, a bow toward others - what… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude. — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
For what is modesty but hypocritical humility, by means of which, in a world swelling with vile envy, a man seeks to… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“- Why you? - (...) I’m the best. - Modest of you. - I am the best. Modesty has nothing to say… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity.… — Rumi Copy Share Image
True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them. — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
In a nation of celebrity worshipers, amid followers of the cult of personality, individual modesty becomes a heroic quality. I find heroism… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and… — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
People seem very arrogant when they say 'I'm right and you're wrong', but in practice we all believe we're right. We have… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet. — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? — Horace Copy Share Image
And that is enough to raise your thoughts to what may happen when the redeemed soul, beyond all hope and nearly beyond… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
