Modesty is the conscience of the body.
Honore de Balzac
Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty
Jean de la Bruyere
A great man is always willing to be little.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Harry S. Truman
Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why.
Wendy Shalit
Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.
Noah Webster
It's like the old question, "Do you lock your house to keep people out, or to protect what's inside?" Should a person act modestly and dress modestly in order to prevent intrusion from the outside, undesirable things from happening, or to preserve and maintain what is inside: the delicate and sensitive ability to have and maintain an intimate relationship.
Manis Friedman
One of the first evidences of a real lady, is that she should be modest. By modesty we mean that she shall not say, do, nor wear anything that would cause her to appear gaudy, ill-bred, or unchaste. There should be nothing about her to attract unfavorable attention, nothing in her dress or manner that would give a man an excuse for vulgar comment. When we dress contrary to the rule of modesty we give excuse for unwholesome thoughts in the mind of those who look upon us, and every girl who oversteps these bounds makes herself liable to misunderstanding and insult, though she may be innocent of any such intention.
Margaret Hale
Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.
Douglas Wilson
