Quotes about Modesty
Si je crois en Dieu? Oui, quand je travaille. Quand je suis soumis et modeste, je me sens tellement aidé par quelqu'un qui me fait faire des choses qui me surpassent.
- Henri Matisse
What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties!
- Henry David Thoreau
Many of the girls wear simple dresses to church. We do not make a point of 'dressing up,' nor do we study one another to see what is being worn. Nor does God. It's our hearts He views as we enter the doors to His church. Not our clothing.
- Janette Oke
Christian sisters should not at any time dress extravagantly, but at all times dress as neat, modest, and healthful, as their work will allow.
- Ellen White
Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.
- William Law
Pride makes us artificial; humility makes us real
- Thomas Merton
Humility is a virtue, not a neurosis.
- Thomas Merton
Humility is the surest sign of strength.
- Thomas Merton
A man who truly knows himself realizes his own worthlessness, and takes no pleasure in the praises of men.
- Thomas a Kempis
I have zero ego.
- Ryan Fitzpatrick
If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it, at any rate, brag.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We grow small trying to be great.
- E Stanley Jones