Quotes about Modesty
If you are left with only one piece of homespun,wear it with dignity
— Mahatma Gandhi
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. (1 Peter 3:3—4)
— John Eldredge
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— John Keats
Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own
— Epictetus
At this time of great need for values such as goodness, virtue, and modesty, religion is increasingly targeted as the barrier instead of being embraced as a savior. This lie needs to be rejected---not by words, but by example.
— Glenn Beck
I think in some ways it makes me feel uncomfortable, just getting a bunch of attention. I'd rather just stay chill and kind of lay low.
— DeAndre Yedlin
I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.
— Edmund Hillary
No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.
— William Law
It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could be distracting to men who are trying to keep their minds on God.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.
— Ellen White
No man is great if he thinks he is.
— Will Rogers
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.
— Charles Spurgeon