Modesty Quotes - Page 2

An elephant does not need to pick a fight to let the whole jungle know of its strength.

Modesty died when false modesty was born.

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

With a modest amount of looks and talent and more than a modicum of serendipity, I've managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into more than half a century of good fortune.

We can all participate in the heritage of man. We all can help to preserve it. And we can all make our own modest contribution to it.We must not as for more.

The crux of my argument is this—we cannot truly understand what we should put on, say, or do, without looking at our behavior in relationship to Christ. In Christ, decency in behavior and dress is far larger than the particulars of modesty. By the world’s standards, modesty is a rule passed down from generation to generation which involves choosing a garment that submits to a certain standard set by a mother or community, one that constantly changes.” – Stacie Parlee-Johnson (Ch. 9, A Theology of Modesty)

Intelligence could be more briliant within modesty.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

If you are too good to look after God’s trash, you are not good enough to look after God’s treasure.

The earth is large and old enough to teach us modesty.

A modest man never talks of himself.

A society which sees her modesty or her "hang-ups" as a problem is necessarily a society which will not be able to get him to commit. Conversely, a society which respected modesty, or what now goes by "hang-ups", was one in which men were obligated.

The ladder of leadership can only stand firm on the grounds of integrity. Any other ground makes it unstable till it falls.

Beware ! Heart is too small to feel happy but soul is too big to take glory

Unlike Kim Cardassian or Donald Trump, Montaigne regarded the inward glance as an adventure in self-effacement not self infatuation. He was a charming and perceptive critic of his own foibles, especially alert to his weakness for inconsistency.

When you know who you are, you won’t have false modesty

Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God fulfills it.

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

Modesty is fear.

You don’t want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I’m here because I’ve been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I’m paying for someone else who has yet to come.

f you are too good to look after God’s trash, you are not good enough to look after God’s treasure.

Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear. . . . Jackets were tailored with tails in the back, but were cut away in front so that they perfectly framed the groin. It was the first time in history that men's apparel was consciously designed to be more sexy than women's.

The Marquesa would even have been astonished to learn that her letters were very good, for such authors live always in the noble weather of their own minds and those productions which seem remarkable to us are little better than a day's routine to them.

Love, forgiveness, modesty, humility and gratitude are most important virtues in life.

Most insensible, corrupt, cheap, disrespectful young girls run after bad, rude, cocky, nonsensical boys, but a mature, educated, thoughtful, virtuos lady opts for a wise, well breed, experienced, humble, modest gentleman.

Life humbles the rich by giving them problems that money can’t resolve, or, dissolve.

You will not lift the veil of my body until you lift the veil over my face.

Sometimes you must agree with someones opinion for the sake of being polite and modest, but within you, you know that you are not foolish and crazy.

Sweet wine makes drunk, sour wine (insult) is "tetelestai". Life is not about what we have done and become, but how God to be fully glorified.

Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.

The proper name for the thing is modesty; but as we live in an age of prejudice and must not call things by their right names, we will yield to a more modern nomenclature and call it dignity.

Whatever we have in the glory of man is "away". Those are just not enough before we go "home" to the glory of God.

You do not attain success when you associate with those in high positions, It comes when you accept yourself and realize that only you can take yourself to where your heart truly lies.

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.

Life is the greatest author of us all, for it writes the very best and very worst of all tales & stories...

To be modest in speaking truth is hypocrisy. TM-ST-95

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

Big things in the glory of the world mean nothing. Small things in glory of God mean everything. Truly..., size doesn't matter in this world or in the world to come.

Kingdom of God will surely come upon someone if glory of man leaves him

A Coy Aversion...a fluttertoo shyto be seen...

If we glorify God (not self) in everything we do then everything on earth will glorify God.

Modesty was hardly a priority in her mind until now. Now she had been cast from Hell and again knew shame.

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.

Reading leads to knowing more. Knowing more leads to arrogance. Reading further leads to humbleness.

If you lose your integrity, you will also lose your identity, your sensitivity and your dignity. Integrity is honesty, modesty and security in all kinds of weather. It should be our priority!

It is quite certain that the skirt means female dignity, not female submission; it can be proved by the simplest of all tests. No ruler would deliberately dress up in the recognized fetters of a slave; no judge would would appear covered with broad arrows. But when men wish to be safely impressive, as judges, priests or kings, they do wear skirts, the long, trailing robes of female dignity. The whole world is under petticoat government; for even men wear petticoats when they wish to govern.