Quotes About Modesty

As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy ' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man ' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.

I've always viewed myself as a behind-the-scenes person rather than in front of the camera.

I keep my political views to myself.

I was born and raised in a small village, and I didn't even think I was especially pretty.

I don't need to be vindicated, and I don't want attention.

Next to my mom, I'm actually a shrinking violet.

I don't want to be a VIP. I want to be an LIP, a Less Important Person.

Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.

Modesty is the color of virtue.

Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.

I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.

Cheapness is a great virtue.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Social democrats are characteristically modest - a political quality whose virtues are overestimated. We need to apologise a little less for our shortcomings and speak more assertively of achievements. That these were always incomplete should not trouble us.

I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues - to be modest and well-behaved. I'm totally wrong for show business.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.

I don't mean to be highfalutin about it, but I try to limit my visibility.

With skirts even a mid-calf length, the legs are visible almost to the knee when you sit down. And during the summer, with bathing suits and shorts, they really take over. I think every girl should do all she can to make her legs as attractive as possible.

It's not in either my personal or business interest to be a highly visible person.