Quotes About Modesty

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Prudenta lui ii egala averea. Era de o umilinta excesiva. Niciodata orgoliul nu-l prinsese in capcanele sale. Acest negustor se facea atat de mic, de bland, de placut si de sarac la curte, in fata printeselor, regilor si favoritilor, incat aceasa modestie si bonomie ii pazisera afacerea.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

What was glory but something that reduced the more there were of you to share it?

That was the tribute written to twenty-year-old Chester W. Nimitz by the editors of the Lucky Bag, the Naval Academy yearbook of 1905. The quote, from Wordsworth's Excursion, was apt: it got at Nimitz's qualities of serenity, humility, and good-fellowship. He had a pleasant face and an easy manner. He was comfortable in his own skin. He was one of those rare souls who managed to be both supremely confident and genuinely modest.

Great men are great until they know it. Saints are holy until they know it.

Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.

Humility is a teacher of itself. It is learnt by means of its practise.

Muéstrame a una persona que realmente sabe lo que es "bueno" y te mostraré que casi nunca usa la palabra.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions.

The lower your decolletage, the less the need for conversation.

He look embarrassed. "Twas nothing. Stupid nonsense. I was being heroic." (Kit) "I noticed." (Kate)

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.

It's good to be clever but cleverness should be muted and buried in the sand. Nobody should be able to detect it but me.

Why are you so secretive, Penney dear?' asked Barbie. 'Not secretive,' exclaimed Penney. 'It's just that people don't really want to know. My life hasn't been at all interesting, so why should I bore people by telling them about it?

I feel like a turtleneck dress that's long-sleeved and covers your entire body but is tight fitting is so much sexier than boobs spilling out, you know? So I guess I'm more into being classy sexy versus apparent sexy.

I am a simple person; I come from a very simple home. We believe in enjoying life and what we have.

People often confuse self-respect with arrogance. I believe that there is a very thin line between the two. Balance between the two is often what leads to happiness.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.

I have a number of vices, one of which is moderation.

My dad was pretty old school. I've had a job since I can remember, and it's not like he was like, 'Hey, what kind of car do you want?' My first car was a '91 Ford Crown Victoria that was $1,000. And I had to buy every car after that. I had to do it all.

I wouldn't ever pose naked... I'm fine to do bikinis and certainly lingerie if I feel it's done tastefully... cute like Victoria's Secret, but nothing like raunchy or overly sexual.