I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude. — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Indeed the impracticality of the burka marginalizes its wearers, and a society that allows such marginalization risks being perceived as dysfunctional.” — Farzana Hassan Copy Share Image
Modesty and reverence are no less virtues of freemen than the democratic feeling which will submit neither to arrogance nor to servility. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
You must have the modesty of saying, this is a bloody good idea but I probably won't believe it in five years'… — Stuart Hall Copy Share Image
You were created as a masterpiece and you are one of God's expressions of beauty. Short, tall, thin, thick, freckles, big eyes,… — Dannah Gresh Copy Share Image
“As Victorian-era prudishness set in, some upstanding citizens also took to putting coverlets over the instrument’s legs out of an exaggerated sense… — Stuart Isacoff Copy Share Image
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
In England, we're brought up to think 'don't get too big for your boots.' We prize modesty. I'd never fly into Heathrow… — Lee Evans Copy Share Image
True modesty is a discerning grace And only blushes in the proper place; But counterfeit is blind, and skulks through fear, Where… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the esteem of… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity.… — Rumi 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
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
“Your efforts to instil either vainglory or false modesty into the patient will therefore be met from the Enemy’s side with the… — C.S. Lewis 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
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
“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
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
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
If the general attitude of Canadians toward their mighty neighbor to the south could be distilled into a single phrase, that phrase… — Bruce McCall Copy Share Image
In honoring the Wright Brothers, it is customary and proper to recognize their contribution to scientific progress. But I believe it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
