Quotes about Modesty

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He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbin — Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry Truman
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. — Ronald Reagan
I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of — Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God fulfills it. — indonesia123
...when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a — Tyler Perry, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life
Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not — Bobbe Sommer
Beware ! Heart is too small to feel happy but soul is too big to take glory — indonesia123
Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Beware ! Discipline goes to two different directions : success and self glory. Self glory is the biggest failure of life — indonesia123
Kingdom of God will surely come upon someone if glory of man leaves him — indonesia123
It is not reputation, fame, success or religiosity that glorifies God, it's slavery. — indonesia123
It's like the old question, "Do you lock your house to keep people out, or to protect what's inside?" Should a person ac — Manis Friedman, Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore: Love, Marriage and the Art of Intimacy
A society which sees her modesty or her "hang-ups" as a problem is necessarily a society which will not be able to get h — Wendy Shalit, A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue
He slowed down a bit more. "Gaia, how do you know these things?" She shrugged. "I'm smart." "And modest, too." "Modesty — Francine Pascal, Fearless
Modesty is fear. — Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being — Yasmin Mogahed, Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles