Quotes About Modesty

I'm big on simplicity. I'm not too much on all the extra instruments.

The next day Mrs Honeyfoot told her husband that John Segundus was exactly what a gentleman should be, but she feared he would never profit by it for it was not the fashion to be modest and quiet and kind-hearted.

In my time first cousins did not meet like strangers. But we are learning modesty from the Americans, and old English ways are too gross for us.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

My humbleness ranks among the greatest in the world."

I caught sight of Fraser in a pair of tight black Speedos. Ugh. Did he have a permit to carry that thing in public?

Humility is easy, although Miss Manners much admires brilliant humility. The usual variety, with its claims about feeling awed and hoping to be worthy, is tiresome. But it is extremely difficult to make others acquainted with how very much one has to be humble about. No, that's not quite what Miss Manners meant to say. What is difficult is to establish gracefully that one has cause to be proud and haughty, before one can be contrastingly humble. The

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

Modesty is not a religion in itself but rather a twofold act of the will for God's glorification. Therefore we must work towards and possess a well-formed conscience, practice prudence and try to live a life of holiness, which the Church calls Christians to do anyway.

Christians must act according to their state in life, respecting and glorifying God in all circumstances. Though what may constitute indecent, immodest, or improper decorum at one time or place may not necessarily be so at another.

The Catholic Faith is not man-centered but Christ-centered and has always been so. It is for man but always points to God, not to man. This mindset greatly aids one, especially in one's spiritual life, even concerning that of modesty.

These are just a few examples of the strikingly similar disregard the pre-Christian pagans had for decency and modesty that we can see today in society. But we can also begin to see Church Fathers confront this issue, regularly stressing the importance of dressing and acting modestly in their sermons.

Today our news media is bombarded by bare-chested "feminists" yowling in the streets proclaiming their rights to murder their children in their wombs, their rights to have intimate relations with each other, and oddly enough, that they have "equal rights and dignity with men." Notice, too, if we watch the decline of morals in our society, the acceptance of public nudity and immodesty begin to escalate.

All in all, this shows that not every bad person dresses immodestly, and not every well-dressed person is holy, but it merely clarifies the pagan characteristics of public nudity and the Christian roots of reverencing the human body.

It is interesting to note that immodesty in dress was not solely a problem of the 1960s till today, but it continued through time as other vices which the Church never failed to warn of and condemn. And it was a constant theme in pagan cultures, while Christianity always promoted dignity in dress.

You're as kind and good a person as they come," he continued, "but unlike most kind and good people, you don't preach or cloy, or try to make everyone else kind and good.

a vital component of charity and grace is the ability not to draw attention to one's possession of them." Penelope pursed her lips as she pushed Eloise

I believe that Indians look good in traditional dresses.

I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.

I don't see myself as being as big of an influence as other people seem to think.

If I've influenced people, so be it, but I don't dwell on those kinds of things. I just put out my music. If I influence someone without knowing it, I'm happy about it. I try not to think about those things because it's not about me.

I'm not even the most influential person in my own house.