Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground. — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
By God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own modesty. — Robert Clive 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
As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have… — Clarence Day 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
Modesty in women has two special advantages,--it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Copy Share Image
The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The ladder of leadership can only stand firm on the grounds of integrity. Any other ground makes it unstable till it falls.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Modesty... consists in pretending not to think better of ourselves and our belongings than of the man we are speaking to and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The little respect paid to chastity in the male world is, I am persuaded, the grand source of many of the physical… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Simplicity The inward reality of single-hearted focus upon God and his kingdom, which results in an outward lifestyle of modesty, openness, and… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
By the virtue of modesty the devout person governs all his exterior acts. With good reason, then, does St. Paul recommend this… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
Before judging a person who is provoking stronger and stronger against its passive character towards the world today; first ask yourself if… — Alexander Fennis Copy Share Image
The wisest man could ask no more of fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the many, honored by… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The wearing of costly array is directly opposite to being adorned with good works. Nothing can be more evident than this; for… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
One who is unassuming in dealing with people exhibits his arrogance all the more strongly in dealing with things (city, state, society,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to understand, and not merely to persuade other people… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“Victorian rigidities were such that ladies were not even allowed to blow out candles in mixed company, as that required them to… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Liberal education, which consists in the constant intercourse with the greatest minds, is a training in the highest form of modesty. ...… — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So what are you really wearing?" The words left her mouth before she could consider them. She winced. He didn't seem to… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I think the skin revolution for women, I will call it, really all started with Mariah Carey. Madonna was pretty risqué too,… — Lisa Bedrick 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
