Quotes About Modesty

I'm a big advocate for young girls dressing their age.

Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your bellybutton.

Often, our laws and policies reflect patriarchal biases that can trap men in stereotypes - for example, the idea of guarding the modesty of a woman serves neither men nor women nor any other gender - instead, it comes from the same strong patriarchal framework that we need to confront and reject.

I think everyone knows that I keep myself to myself and I don't get involved in trash talk or anything else.

I do have carbon footprints because of travel, but apart from that, I am simple guy.

I've definitely never said, 'Well, how about that, eh, I'm a national treasure.'

It's cool when people know you more, but I like people to treat me regular when they see me. I take pictures. I don't really be big on people looking at me.

There's something very soothing about the simplicity of doing what's right in front of you: paying the rent, buying groceries, and when there's a little extra for a treat like cinnamon rolls, whoopee! When you live paycheck to paycheck, you only have so much to lose.

I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly.

In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.

Governor Romney has a record of tremendous accomplishments. But he never asks for accolades. He just asks, 'How can I help?' That's the mark of a true leader: A humble focus on getting the job done.

When I look back and think about it, I feel my career was fairly good but, certainly, not tremendous.

What I do is not curing cancer or rocket science or lead mining - anything tremendously difficult or world changing. I understand where I am in the cosmic order of things, and I'm OK with it.

Be humble: have the courage to speak the truth.

When you know who you are, you won't have false modesty

Confidence is good, but confidence with humility is far better.

Never let your success interfere with your humanness.

You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.

Many sisters complain that people don't want to marry them unless they stop wearing hijab. No man is worth your hijab, and a real man wouldn't request you to take it off in the first place.

I sometimes shy away because I don't want to be too 'showy-offy' but the older I get I think, 'You have a handkerchief, put it in your pocket.'

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

Don't call me a saint; I don't want to be dismissed so easily.

No girl who is well bred, 'kind, and modest, is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want of manners, or of heart.

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation... they do not want to attract attention.