219 Quotes About Modesty

Now. Now, Annwyl. No need to curtsy. A simple nod of your head and absolute worship will be more than enough.

It seems to be the fashion nowadays for a girl to behave as much like a man as possible. Well, I won't! I'll make the best of being a girl and be as nice a specimen as I can: sweet and modest, a dear, dainty thing with clothes smelling all sweet and violety, a soft voice, and pretty, womanly ways. Since I'm a girl, I prefer to be a real one!

Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this boy and then that one kiss you, when it didn't mean a thing. But it was wonderful when Joe Willard kissed her. And it did mean a thing.

A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Mrs Forrester ... sat in state, pretending not to know what cakes were sent up, though she knew, and we knew, and she knew that we knew, and we knew that she knew that we knew, she had been busy all the morning making tea-bread and sponge-cakes.

Modesty is an excellent quality, honey. Don't lose that.

To mention it was to ask a favor and that as you were too generous, and as for her to ask was always to have, she wouldn't

Modesty, if you consider it, is the most unforgivable sort of falsehood: it's a lie that does damage to no one but yourself.