Humility is the mother of many virtues because from it obedience, fear, reverence, patience, modesty, meekness and peace are born. He who… — Thomas of Villanova Copy Share Image
Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. — Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin 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
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
A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
When she was thrown into the air by a savage bull in the amphitheatre at Carthage, her first thought and action when… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
“To write about him is to write about Greatness. To discuss him is to discuss Intellectual Brilliance. To think of him is… — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple.… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I have a most peaceable disposition. My desires are for a modest hut, a thatched roof, but a good bed, good food,… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
We lament, too, the destruction of purity among women and young girls as is evidenced by the increasing immodesty of their dress… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness. — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie. — Walter Hill Copy Share Image
“I'm a duck farmer. Am I the world's best duck farmer? Probably not, but there's no official ranking, and I'm a modest… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“She'd been taught that pants were inappropriate for girls because they were immodest [...] If women's pants were suggestive, men's were equally… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
Things that are in "bad taste" are often renegade and rebellious. They go against the status quo, and the laws of decorum… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I think some modesty actually serves me by just accepting that I am an instrument. I'm not trying to match up to… — Mirah Copy Share Image
Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
