Quotes About Modesty

A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.

At thirty-eight I was a poor, struggling, tired, overworked, unknown journalist. Now, at fifty... He paused modestly and made a little gesture, moving his fat hands outwards, away from one another, and expanding his fingers as though in demonstration. He was exhibiting himself. Denis thought of that advertisement of Nestle's milk—the two cats on the wall, under the moon, one black and thin, the other white, sleek, and fat. Before Inspiration and after.

an ounce of honest pride is better than a ton of false humility, although an ounce of true humility is worth an ounce of honest pride

Protestations of happiness could sound almost boasting to those whose happiness is incomplete. One did not boast of perfect skin to one affected by dermatitis; for the same reason, perhaps, one should take care in proclaiming one's happiness.

Elbiseni yeniyken, namusunu gençken koru.

cleavage is a liability in this climate

What do you wear for a man who kissed you like he was making babies?" Go the demure route, so he knows you're not there to continue indulging in that kind of behavior? She snorted.

Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed so easily.

While men are always fully responsible for what they do with the thoughts in their head, women must take responsibility for the role they play in providing any unnecessary erotic stimuli by their inappropriate dress or behavior. I

If I wasn't my own harshest critic, I might start feeling important about now." Nick smiled. "Then I'm glad I didn't tell you we plan to give you tech that changes water into wine," he said with a twinkle in his eye.

Christian men ought not refrain from the sexual pollutions that surround us because they object to lovemaking; they refrain because they object to the wanton vandalism of it. Our culture is doing to sex what people who chew with their mouths open do to food.

we have somehow assumed that the interests of speed, or some other function of athletic performance, somehow set aside the requirements of propriety and modesty. In the ancient world, athletes competed naked, and in the modern world, in some events, they might as well be.

Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.

For Cumming the Christian and feminine imperative of service far outweighed superficial notions of female delicacy. Employing one dimension of feminine ideology to dismiss another, Cumming despaired of her southern sisters, inhibited by false claims of modesty and respectability from undertaking desperately needed hospital work.45

People who know how to keep their mouths shut are rare.

I live a very low-key life.

What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.

I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.

I have a very normal life. I go to the grocery store, I go to Target. I don't have an assistant, I don't have an entourage.

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

A middling talent makes for a more serene life.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning.