Modesty Quotes
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Modesty is the proof that morality is sexy.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
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It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
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We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.
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No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.
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Modesty needs to come from the heart.
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So they, who climb to wealth, forget The friends in darker fortunes tried. I copied them--but I regret That I should ape the ways of pride.
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The allure of immodesty is not in what is seen but what is not seen. Modesty issues a challenge for one man to romantically earn your virtue.
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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All modesty aside, I think I'm good at reading scripts. The way I read a script is as fast as I can, all in one sitting, and I don't read many of the stage directions. I only read enough stage directions to let me know where I am, because they're always so verbose and mostly horseshit. So I only read the dialogue, which allows me to see the movie in my mind's eye in real time.
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In matters of dress we wish neither silk nor rags," President Hinckley said. "We seek for the clean look, call it a wholesome look, the bright and happy look of young men and women who walk with a sense of who they are, of what is expected of them, and of what they may become.
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Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
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I do not play games, but always just say what's on my mind. Ostentatious modesty - for fools. If a man afraid of your honesty, it means that he is not the one you need.
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Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
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You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.
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It's a great lesson in modesty that you realize you're illiterate in a field that you think you're an expert in.
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Modesty is of no use to a beggar.
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Modesty isn't one of my strong suits.
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What is beauty, but an extension of modesty?
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Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
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Modesty in women has two special advantages,--it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
