What does God think of spurious beauty, rejecting utterly as He does all falsehood? — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
“There’s a very fine line between being broke and being humble.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
Modesty is not weakness, it reflects strength of inner beauty.It encompass both body & heart. — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the… — Bernard Barton Copy Share Image
One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Some of the most frantic lies on the face of life are told with modesty and restraint; for the simple reason that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Modesty in women has two special advantages,--it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Copy Share Image
A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school styles… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd judgment, modesty and, above all, his… — Rahul Dravid 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
Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
The magnificently humble. The enormously small. The meaningfully ridiculous. Robert Walser's work often reads like a dazzling answer to the question, How… — Rivka Galchen Copy Share Image
Modesty and taste are questions of latitude and education; the more people know,--the more their ideas are expanded by travel, experience, and… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
But how can you know anything of the impression made on others? Who can assure you that others do not draw therefrom… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
“{ Yogananda on the death of his dear friend, the eminent 20th century scientist, Luther Burbank } His heart was fathomlessly deep,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
You wonderful girls, dress modestly and keep yourselves physically clean. Be cheerful and happy. Be positive about life. Then the Holy Spirit… — F. Melvin Hammond Copy Share Image
We live in a highly competitive world - and we Indians have to struggle to catch up. So modesty is necessary, even… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
This modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in possession… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
His constant fight is with the Nafs (self-interest), the root of all disharmony and the only enemy of man. By crushing this… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Christian mothers, if only you knew the future of distress and peril, of shame ill-restrained, that you prepare for your sons and… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
