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Quotes About Modesty

I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.
~ Gabby Douglas
I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.
~ Katrina Kaif
I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty; I want to see your enthusiasm.
~ Robert Farrar Capon
But we must remember that, in a way, claiming all or too much responsibility is just another form of ego gratification.
~ Stephen Arterburn
23Pride ends in humiliation,         while humility brings honor.
~ Stephen Arterburn
It was a world, in other words, that gave equal weight to modesty and dignity as to pomp, comfort, and splendor.
~ Stephen Birmingham
We all face a choice between freedom and grief. The former requires not thinking so much of yourself you forget what road you're on. Modesty is a requirement if you're walking a long way.
~ Stephen Kuusisto
Never have too good a time
~ Steve Greenberg
Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. —Jefferson Davis
~ Steven D. Price
He was not a modest man. Contemplating suicide, he summoned a dragon.' Gothos' Folly
~ Steven Erikson
Obviously, a skirt does present certain problems that I had to be aware of. But when it came to the shoot and we were rolling, I didn't really pay it any attention. It wasn't too bad.
~ Chiaki Kuriyama
I suppose I'm considered a little old fashioned, but I still believe the most flattering skirt length is just skimming the middle of the knee.
~ Cyd Charisse
There's something about a long, high-waisted skirt and little, buttoned blouse that I really love.
~ Alison Sudol
I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery.
~ Kristen Bell
I grew up in a sanctified church. I had to wear skirts below the knee. I couldn't wear pants, open-toe or heeled shoes. We couldn't cut our hair.
~ Da Brat
I can't stand my legs, for a start, and you rarely see me in skirts.
~ Iman
I don't like showing cleavage because I get cold, and if I had fantastic legs, I might wear short skirts - but I think at 78, one's got to act one's age.
~ Mary Berry
I like to wear skirts long or short.
~ Saskia de Brauw
Our social mores no longer conform to a world where nice girls wear skirts that don't cling.
~ Christina Binkley
We were always told not to wear skirts that were too short, because what will the male teachers think of you? Or, when we started sharing classes with boys in sixth form, what will they think of you if you are wearing a miniskirt to lessons?
~ Lucy Boynton
In Santhosh Sethumadhavan's remake of the yesteryear hit, Chattakkari,' I was required to wear short skirts and frocks as I play an Anglo-Indian girl in it. But my role as Julie is hardly a show of glamour.
~ Shamna Kasim
If you wear short skirts you get your femininity back.
~ Heather Mills
Even if your bosoms are your best asset, deep round-neck or scoop-neck Ts can be too revealing. Offset this flash of gorgeousness by covering up your arms with a little cardi that has sleeves to the elbow.
~ Twiggy
I like to wear sleeves because they cover up my arms.
~ Jordin Sparks