At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
Your heart is modest. Your mind is honest. I intend to stay for the longest. — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise. — George Farquhar Copy Share Image
We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so. — Erik Satie Copy Share Image
“A willingness to be pleased requires modesty and even innocence--easy to deride as mawkish and sentimental.” — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Life is a scam, It behaves like a beautiful girl, and lead us to the hell. Bring modesty, submissiveness, and piety in… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Watch out for those who celebrate your success with bitterness in their hearts! surely, they'll hail you for what you are, and… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The best make up is a smile. The best jewelry is modesty. The best clothing is confidence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I understood, by dint of digging into my memories, that modesty helped me to shine, humility helped me to triumph and virtue… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The most insidious of sophisms are usually repeated to justify immodesty and seem to be the same everywhere. — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
Modesty is invisibility... Never forget it. To be seen - to be seen - is to be... penetrated. What you must be… — Margaret Atwood 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
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
Such an act That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
False modesty is the masterpiece of vanity: showing the vain man in such an illusory light that he appears in the reputation… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
“At that moment, noticing that his embroidered handkerchief was revealing part of its coloured edging, he thrust it back into his pocket… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
There are many agreements across the so-called "world religions," at a certain level of abstraction. But when it comes to applying them… — Kwame Anthony Appiah Copy Share Image
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was… — Frederic William Maitland Copy Share Image
“It's like the old question, "Do you lock your house to keep people out, or to protect what's inside?" Should a person… — Manis Friedman Copy Share Image
In San Francisco, vulgarity, "bad taste," ostentation are regarded as a kind of alien blight, an invasion or encroachment from outside. In… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
I like working on one - camera. This is not false modesty, but I don't think I'm very good at three -… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
These principles with due regard to time and place, must, in accordance with Christian prudence, be applied to all schools, particularly in… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
We must admit that today conformity is on the Left. To be sure, the Right is not brilliant. But the Left is… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
