Quotes About Modesty

I am proud of being a Somali-American Muslim, and my wardrobe has been an important part of my religious and cultural upbringing.

My wardrobe is minimalistic.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

We came from where people don't look like they have money anyway. We came up in an era where the dudes who had all of the money looked regular, the same way you see billionaires in some run down shoes or old jeans. You see how Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and those dudes dress. Even in our era, the dudes with the money weren't flashy.

Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize.

I wash my face and put moisturiser on; I've never had a facial, and I don't get my hair or my nails done. I just do it all myself.

I wash my face with soap and water. I use whatever I have. I will even wash my hair with the hotel shampoo, so I don't use anything special. I try to keep it simple.

I wash my own dishes; I do my own laundry. I'm not a glamorous person at all, not at all.

I'm not the kind of person who is on television and in magazines every five minutes selling clothes or washing machines.

I'm a logical woman and won't resort to washing dirty linen in public.

I don't think that people should wear dresses two sizes too small. I just think that sexiness is better left to the imagination. It's just more tasteful.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

Extremes meet and there is no better example than the haughtiness of humility.

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.

A Man of wisdom is one who discusses everything other than his achievements, a Fool speaks only of his achievements"

there is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we all felt an amazing connection, a sense that this cloth binds us in some kind of universal sisterhood.

if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.

If we men were required to wear sized penis stockings outside our pants, our discussions of women's breasts would be markedly less frequent and our preferences more vaguely defined.

I think I'm better behind the camera than I am in front.

I am the first to admit that I am not the greatest campaign strategist or political analyst.

I'm not that good at cards.

My parents never got carried away with the extraneous elements of being in the business.

I am not the sort of character to get carried away.

You can't get too caught up in yourself.