219 Quotes About Modesty

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.

A man becomes modest when he gets sick. All ego goes to vain in the face of sickness.

The stain glass man marvels at his colors, but he doesn't know he's made of broken pieces.

Consider an achievement accidental if it is not coupled with modesty. Because if the achiever had endeavoured for it, it would certainly have killed their pride.

The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion.

I'm at the mall the other day and there's a 'brow bar.' To get your eyebrows shaped inside the makeup department. Right by the door where everyone is coming and going, can you imagine? There is no feminine mystique left. Remember how we were taught not to have our Mary Janes so polished that a boy could see up our dresses? Now they wear their underwear instead of clothes. No need for boys to peek any longer.

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

Some people are so arrogant that they remain arrogant even when they are on top of a mountain or in the middle of an ocean.

ForgetThe honors handed out, the lists of winners.Forget the certificates, bright trophies youCould have, should have, maybe won.Remind yourself you never wanted them.When the spotlight briefly shone on you,You stepped back into darkness,Let the empty stage receive the light,The black floor suddenly less black—Scuff-marks, dust, blue tape—the coneOf light so perfect, slicing silently that perfectSilent darkness, and you, hidden in that wider dark,Your refusal a kind of gratitude at last.