To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Tags: humility rationality modesty rationalism



Go to quote


Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

Jules Renard

Tags: modesty



Go to quote


Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Oliver Goldsmith

Tags: virtue drama modesty



Go to quote


Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.

Douglas Wilson

Tags: modesty attractiveness modest attractive repulsive immodesty art-form immodest repulsiveness



Go to quote


I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so.

Erik Satie

Tags: modesty superiority satie



Go to quote


- Why you?
- (...) I’m the best.
- Modest of you.
- I am the best. Modesty has nothing to say about it.

Paul Hoffman

Tags: god fight modesty best tomas paul left hand modest cale hoffman vipond



Go to quote


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

P. Remes

Tags: love humility forgiveness modesty gratitude



Go to quote


أنت أعرف بنفسك؛ فلا تغتر بمدح الناس لك إذا مدحوك

عبد الله بن ضيف الله الرحيلي

Tags: modesty



Go to quote


We’re not protecting our daughters if we forbid makeup, eschew fashionable hairstyles, or wear dowdy clothes. The feminine form is beautiful. Sure, we don’t want to hide behind makeup or wear immodest clothes to draw attention to ourselves. But there’s nothing wrong with wanting to accent our femininity.

Kate Wicker

Tags: beauty christian modesty catholic daughters body-image femininity raising-kids



Go to quote


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.

Coco Chanel

Tags: fight modesty vulgarity game luxury



Go to quote


« first previous
Page 5 of 7.
next last »

©gutesprueche.com

Data privacy

Imprint
Contact
Wir benutzen Cookies

Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.

OK Ich lehne Cookies ab