“A society which sees her modesty or her "hang-ups" as a problem is necessarily a society which will not be able to… — Wendy Shalit 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
Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
One day, a daughter of Aristotle, Pythias by name, was asked what color pleased her most. She replied, "The color with which… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Science offends the modesty of all real women. It makes them feel as though it were an attempt to peek under their… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The way you have decided to present yourself to others can telegraph your character, it can signal modesty, respect for others, a… — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
When it comes to the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, I've never heard any stories of them drinking or drugging or causing problems in… — AJ Chilson Copy Share Image
Everyone is shy - it is the inborn modesty that makes us able to live in harmony with other creatures and our… — Kirkpatrick Sale Copy Share Image
Im not Superman. So I cant say anything big like Ill protect everyone on Earth. Im not a modest guy who will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton,… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving… — Max Shulman Copy Share Image
“Not on the score of modesty, but decency; for the care which some modest women take, making at the same time a… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding; and those who are conscious of their inferiority have the modesty not to… — Samuel Johnson 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
“I'm a good knitter, and I'm proud of it. I see no point in being modest about things you know you do… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have… — Euripides Copy Share Image
We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
As we make our way toward the finish line that some of us have already crossed, I never thought I'd get a… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The way a woman carries herself and the way she dresses ought to promote the following types of words: modesty, discretion, wisdom,… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Wrap thyself in the decent veil that the arts or the graces weave for thee, O human nature! It is only the… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil 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
When you need encouragement, think of the qualities the people around you have: this one's energy, that one's modesty, another's generosity, and… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity within… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
In our small chess community in Marylebone it would be mock modesty on my part to deny that I have built up… — Stephen Potter Copy Share Image
