Have you heard that modesty is an attractive traits? Only to ugly people — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Can it be chat modesty may more betray Our sense than woman's lightness? — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Assurance and intrepidity, under the white banner of seeming modesty, clear the way for merit, that would otherwise be discouraged by difficulties... — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity… — Cyrus the Great Copy Share Image
None of the adults I knew ever touched in public, much less kneaded each others flesh. — Maureen Howard Copy Share Image
I was on stage last night, and I gave a medical report about Donald Trump. I said he was hospitalized for an… — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself. — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Without false modesty, I feel that, when I'm on the stage, I'm the king, the boss of the situation. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Haven't you ever heard that modesty is an attractive trait?" "Only from ugly people," Jace confided. "The meek may inherit the earth,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
You cannot limit the power of your modesty to just what you wear. It is also controlled or forfeited by where you… — Dannah Gresh Copy Share Image
I really like the idea of modesty. By the time I got into music, I was already wearing the scarf all the… — Yuna Copy Share Image
One of the problems with sex education... is that it also strips kids - especially girls - of their modesty to have… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
Be not too great a niggard in the commendations of him that professes thy own quality: if he deserve thy praise, thou… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct. Let modesty be compassion,… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
They may seize On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Modesty is a learned adaptation. It’s stuck on like decals. As soon as life slams a modest person against the wall, that… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In our Richmond there is much fanaticism, but chiefly among the women. They have their night meetings and prayer parties, where, attended… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed - naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Men who have flattered themselves into this opinion of their own abilities, look down on all who waste their lives over books,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If some people are right, artists are put into this world not to practice their art, but to talk about it. And… — Ethel Smyth Copy Share Image
I do plead with the mothers of Zion to undertake modesty in dress. We may like to follow the fashion, but let… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
Man is at his furthest remove from the animal as a child, his intellect most human. With his fifteenth year and puberty… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The gravest events dawn with no more noise than the morning star makes in rising. All great developments complete themselves in the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“Galbraith's First Law: Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.” — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
Those who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others. — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
