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Quotes About Modesty

I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.
~ Liam Neeson
I'm not for gratuitous nudity, but if there's humor, I don't have a problem.
~ Rebecca Romijn
Without going into any details, he
~ Rebecca Winters
It means a lot in my business and its a wonderful feeling to be recognized for what you have done over a lifetime, but I didn't go crazy. I still eat my cereal in the morning, have a sandwich in the afternoon, go to bed at night. You know, nothing really different.
~ Regis Philbin
Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy.
~ Remy de Gourmont
He lived on frankness and economy.
~ Renata Adler
A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.
~ Richard Branson
Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.
~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Genuine humility is based on a realistic self-appraisal and a healthy feeling of self-worth.
~ Richard Rohr
By nature you instinctively seek out the middle road, midway between dangerous passion and soul-destroying indifference.
~ Richard Russo
Yes," she said, looking off somewhere. "I want Ã¢â'¬Â¦ my own true love." Her own true love. The outrageous simplicity, modesty, and arrogance of it took my breath away. It seemed to me, then and now, a wish that everyone had a right to, but that only the very foolish or the terminally naïve trouble themselves over.
~ Richard Russo
He's up there talkin',' he muttered scornfully. 'Doesn't he talk?' The tone of contempt was oil on the troubled waters of William's feelings. 'I've just bit him hard,' he said modestly.
~ Richmal Crompton
Not all powers are spectacular. Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.
~ Rick Riordan
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. -Rick Warren
~ Rick Warren
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it's thinking of yourself less.
~ Rick Warren
I do wear underwear under them. I am a lady, after all; plus I don't want a yeast infection, and who cares if I have a visible panty line?
~ Kathleen Rooney
The personal interiorization of the practice of humiliation is called humility.
~ Kathy Acker
Semua tahu, Sayang...agar nasib baik tetap langgeng, kerendahan hati harus selalu dipelihara. Tidak peduli keajaiban apa yang dihadiahkan hidup padamu, jangan pernah membual tentang itu.
~ Kavita Daswani
What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
is the very lack of obvious drama or spectacle that sets the beauty of our land apart. What is pertinent is the calmness of that beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, of its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it. In
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of this inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public'.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
Hello, Aaron, Brigid said, sliding up to him and running a finger down his chest. You're looking good . . . as always. Aaron lifted her finger off his shirt and let it drop. Put some clothing on, Brigid. She smiled up at him. Why? Tempted? Yeah, to cover my eyes.
~ Kelley Armstrong
El único pecado es el orgullo.»
~ Ken Follett
Perhaps women covered their nakedness to make themselves more alluring, not less. Rosa Hellman
~ Ken Follett