#modesty

Like it or not, we are trendsetters. Just as every fashion model ever to strut the runway, we affect the minds of others by what we wear. With usch power it's vital to question ourselves: 'Am I an example of Christ-centeredness? Or have I just gotten comfortable in the "Christian routine" and forgotten why I've chosen to live this way? ↗

— Hannah Farver

#influence #modesty #love

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#achievement #inspirational #misattributed #modesty #recognition

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. ↗

— John Milton

#modesty #rich #starves #true

Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear. . . . Jackets were tailored with tails in the back, but were cut away in front so that they perfectly framed the groin. It was the first time in history that men's apparel was consciously designed to be more sexy than women's. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#modesty #sex-appeal #design

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#guard #modesty #only #ornament #virtue

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#eloquence #every #great #great talent #just

One of the problems with sex education... is that it also strips kids - especially girls - of their modesty to have every detail of anatomy, physiology and condom usage made explicit. ↗

— James Dobson

#anatomy #condom #detail #education #especially

As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#dealings #demands #france #his #minh

If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader. ↗

— Sarah Fielding

#candor #his #judgment #less #modesty

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#flower #modesty #nor #sincerity #spontaneous