Top 516 Modesty Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!

I prefer honest arrogance to hypocritical modesty.

False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.

Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.

Modesty is the proof that morality is sexy.

Honor modesty more than your life.

Great is the strife between beauty and modesty.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

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

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.

Modesty in an actor is as fake as passion in a call girl.

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.

Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.

Pastime passing excellent, if it he husbanded with modesty.

Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.

How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.

A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.

In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness.

Larry Summers is to modesty what Madonna is to Chastity.

Modesty is humility expressed in dress.

I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?

The darts of love are blunted by maiden modesty.

Modesty is a diamond setting to female beauty.

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

False modesty is better than none.

Modesty is not possible in performance in the Caribbean - and that's wonderful.

When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

There are many agreements across the so-called "world religions," at a certain level of abstraction. But when it comes to applying them in concrete situations they may lead to incompatible decisions. As an example, some people think that Christian ideas of sexual modesty suggest that homosexuals should be locked up, some people think that they mean that the churches should recongize gay marriages. But everyone believes in sexual modesty. I think there are universal moral truths, whether or not everyone accepts them. Here's one very low level but important one: it's very bad to torture people.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.

Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

We must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

Extreme vanity sometimes hides under the garb of ultra modesty.

Have you heard that modesty is an attractive traits? Only to ugly people

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

Love knows nothing of modesty.

Modesty died when clothes were born.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

If guys practiced self-control, 'modesty' wouldn't be such a huge deal.

In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.

Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.

False modesty is the most decent of all lies.

There is a sad forgetfulness of Christian modesty, especially in the life and dress of women.

And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.