Modesty Quotes

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist. Akhenaton
Beautiful Woman Power Beautiful Woman Beauty Stars Vain Virtue Charms Than Heaven Influence Modesty Brighter Her Enlighten Resist Lustre
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. Saint Ambrose
Love God Good Youth Fear Honor Parents Humility Despise Ought Give Purity He Forbearance His Years Subject Elders Modesty Should Youthful Ornament Preserve
The way a woman carries herself and the way she dresses ought to promote the following types of words: modesty, discretion, wisdom, beauty, elegance and refinement, but not sensuality, luxury, extravagance. Paul Washer
Wisdom Woman Words Luxury Beauty Ought Herself Types Extravagance Way Carries Promote Dresses Following She Refinement Discretion Sensuality Modesty Elegance
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself. Adam Grant
Work You Yourself Speak Would About Politeness Were Bragging Itself Norms Modesty Really Your Violates Competent
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. Confucius
Good Words Will Difficult Find He Make Without His Modesty Speaks Who
'Sex' is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other. Marquis de Sade
Sex Drinking Important Satisfied Other Ought Eating Restraint Allow False False Modesty Little Modesty Appetite
Kindness, tolerance, integrity, modesty, generosity - these are attributes that events permit us. They are our holiday moods, and we are as proud of them as of the fine clothes we have hung away to wear on occasions. Ben Hecht
Kindness Integrity Events Clothes Tolerance Our Hung Moods Fine Wear Generosity Occasions Attributes Proud Permit Holiday Them Modesty Us Away
Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility. Paulo Coelho
Confuse Humility Must One Thing About Absolutely Clear False False Modesty Modesty Us Let Us Thing Servility
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance. Arthur Helps
Better Beauty Humility Severe Temper Temperance Cosmetics Spirit Purity Countenance True True Beauty Without Calmness Very Than Graces Gracious Modesty
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. Arthur Schopenhauer
Great Honesty People Hypocrisy Possess Those Ability Merely Talent Great Talent Limited Modesty Who
Modesty is the color of virtue. Diogenes
Virtue Color Modesty
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott
Good Great You Genius Will Long Power Goodness Virtues Danger Gifts Finest Charm Spoils Conceit Talent Real Overlooked Little Them Modesty Much Many Need
Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty. Rain
Humility Effort Endless Modesty
Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. Roger Moore
Myself Good Blessed Others Good Looks Musical Ability Some Looks Modesty
Modesty is the conscience of the body. Honore de Balzac
Modesty Body Conscience
No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man. Bernard Barton
Man Age Sex Beneath Rank Above Absolute Absolute Necessity Vastly Without Condition Modesty Necessity Below
Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman. Ezra Taft Benson
Woman Language Mark Virtuous Dress True Hallmark Saint Refinement Modesty
Modesty is my best quality. Jack Benny
Best Quality Modesty
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott
Great Genius Will Long Power Goodness Danger Possessing Finest Charm Spoils Conceit Talent Well Real Overlooked Modesty Much Should Using Even Satisfy Consciousness
Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion. Major Taylor
Success Champion Typical Modesty Should
Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. We need it for jobs. Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war. So we must have a strong human element to keep modesty and natural life. Nam June Paik
Life War Good You Natural Progress Strong Half Our Jobs Must Only High-Tech Make Deny Human Cannot Human Element Natural Life Modesty Element Keep Technological Need
Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. Maya Angelou
Life Drops Soon Learned Affectation Wall Person Against Modest Modest Person Modesty
Modesty is not one of my virtues. Alan King
Virtues Modesty
I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty. Alex Kapranos
Music World Think Indie Sort False False Modesty Modesty
'Codename Baboushka' is an action-packed modern pulp spy thriller, in the sort of British tradition of 'Modesty Blaise', New Avengers and of course James Bond. It's a book about Contessa Annika Malikova, the last of a noble Russian line and an enigmatic, mysterious figure in New York high society. Antony Johnston
Book Society High About Russian Thriller Mysterious Noble New Sort Course Tradition Line Spy York Modern New York James James Bond Avengers Modesty Figure Enigmatic Bond Last British Pulp
'Modesty Blaise' is not well known in the United States, but in the United Kingdom, she's an institution - especially for a comic book reader of a certain age. She's a wonderful creation, and her strip ran in newspapers for a long time. So whenever female spies come to mind for us, they think of 'Modesty Blaise'. Antony Johnston
Time Age Book Wonderful Mind Long Long Time Creation Think Ran States Strip Spies Kingdom Come Institution She Well Well Known Known Reader Female Comic Comic Book Whenever Newspapers Modesty Us Certain Certain Age United United Kingdom United States Her
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