In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don't.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by Christian reason and morals. — Pope Pius XII 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
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
That’s why an artist must be a warrior and, like all warriors, artists over time acquire modesty and humility. They may, some… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The more we cling to virtues like humility, selflessness, modesty, and purity, the more beautiful we become - not only in His… — Kylie Bisutti Copy Share Image
To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty. — Eliezer Yudkowsky 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
Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels. — Walter Savage Landor 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
The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
there is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, 'Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh,… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
The diabolical work that has taken place since the legalization of abortion is that it has destroyed, in those tragic women who… — Alice von Hildebrand 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
There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“If there’s one quality I hate in a woman, it’s modesty. Besides making me, with my trombone mouth, feel vaguely uncouth, I… — Emily Carter Copy Share Image
Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism. — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Copy Share Image
The best make up is a smile. The best jewelry is modesty. The best clothing is confidence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
