Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.
Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
Mainly through sins of impurity, do the forces of darkness subjugate souls.
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
If guys practiced self-control, 'modesty' wouldn't be such a huge deal.
Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.
A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.
As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.
There is a sad forgetfulness of Christian modesty, especially in the life and dress of women.
Trace Science, then, with Modesty thy guide, First strip off all her equipage of Pride, Deduct what is but Vanity or Dress, Or Learning's Luxury or idleness, Or tricks, to show the stretch of the human brain Mere curious pleasure or ingenious pain.
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty.
Gaming is the destruction of all decorum; the prince forgets at it his dignity, and the lady her modesty.
Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.
Indecency in anything spoils it. And modesty in anything adorns it.
Things that are in "bad taste" are often renegade and rebellious. They go against the status quo, and the laws of decorum and modesty. And that can be really thrilling.
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person
I like working on one - camera. This is not false modesty, but I don't think I'm very good at three - camera. And it's not that I'm nervous, but I just sort of feel like my collar is too small, or my clothes don't fit. I don't understand what that is. And I don't understand the format: There's an audience in front of you that you're playing to, but there are also these cameras.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty and reverence are no less virtues of freemen than the democratic feeling which will submit neither to arrogance nor to servility.
The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see or break through its slender disguises.